Moonspear amma

"i did not mean it, tullik."
but there was a gravity as he bent his head to scent the thing she had dropped, then sought her eyes again. "tomorrow i go to moontide."
chakliux did not ask again, but his eyes held the desire for an answer.
his lodge would be empty, save for kannoyak. but he wanted tullik to take his share of it, and with that, him. and with it, a companion when chakliux was away, perhaps even a man she could grow to love in kannoyak.
seal hunters had their ways.
he wished some answer. it did not have to be the words he truly wanted.