Stone Circle bound by bonesong

So he was not a ghost. I'm Astrid, she replies, head tilted in a proud lift of her chin. Gunnar and Taktuq are my parents. You know my parents, right?
Certainly he did, because he was, presumably, a man of Kvarsheim; but perhaps she should just make sure.
She stomps closer to him with a heavy trudge and lumbers around him in a half-circle before easing down into a lazy sit beside him. Many things? her eyebrows narrow in intrigue. Like what?