Moonspear [m] fear, itself

The weight of his voice was pleasant, bouncing off the walls. The customs were so strange to her, and yet she knew they were important to his people. She wondered too if Nasamik had asked these things, learned of the man she had made her husband. Sialuk pushed the jealous thought away, not wanting to sour precious moments with Chakliux. She knew this was a test of her strength, of her ability to live up to what she had preached both to Argent and Elentari: pleasure was meant to be shared, not kept away to one person. There was no cap on the amount she felt for either of the regular visitors to her ulaq.

It is our way to give a spirit name to our children, she said. This is spoken once when we first come into the world, and again when we are ready to become man or woman. It is mother who gives these names, then shares them when we are ready. Sialuk recalled the day Kukutux had shared her own spirit name, and although that day had been wrought with frustration, the polar bear now found herself ready to become the mother she was meant to be.