Ouroboros Spine Who are you when you stand alone?

He lingered.

Along came the matriarch of the village, and they shared a look.

Kilgitsuk was respectful, as always. He approached with a deferential ease to his body, his head low while he watched for her welcome. If he felt poorly for his decisions he did not show it; the fear he held within himself was buried deep now, and he chuffed softly to Kukutux.

Ariadne fares well. That was why he'd come; she'd wanted him to visit the neighboring moon villages and he was doing that. No doubt the moon mother knew of this already but it would serve to break the ice. I... Also encountered my son. He did not name Kivaluk, did not think to speak his name aloud, and watched Kukutux for recognition.

Perhaps a part of him also wished to lay claim to the young man. It was his blood that ran in those veins, regardless of who his wife had married.