Moonspear Speed Trials

Ittuk was quiet, reserved in his ways. Sialuk thought that—if Glaukos had stayed—he would have been the same. Chakliux, Argent, Ittuk, and Glaukos all had equal claim to the child that she had brought to this world, but it was only Argent and Ittuk who remained in the village. Argent's way of being taataa was direct; he embraced both Acrux and Maggak as his own children, even though the latter could have been daughter to three others.

But the aged man was still a persistent presence, bringing gifts of food and toys, watching over the children when the other adults were otherwise occupied. A quiet man. A steady man. She found him tonight as she made soft steps toward the ulaq. He was standing in front of a structure not unlike the shrine she kept in her own hearth.

Ittuk, she greeted. A pause to look at the structure more closely. What shrine do you make? she asked.