Moonsong Glacier you tolerate it

Kilgitsuk did not know where to start.

My patrols haven't taken me to the caves, but when you are ready I am happy to escort you? Then we both may see them. Quieting to eat and to gather his thoughts on the rest.

I did see Kukutux. It... did not go well, unfortunately. We have a history, one which I thought remained in good standing. Evidently I was wrong. Kilgitsuk did not want to divulge many details of his family, his wife, his failures - he did not want to expose himself, nor put a damper on Ariadne's own efforts with her village.

My wife and I... have not been together for a long time now. Our children are grown, but neither of us saw it happen, that was clue enough to the situation. When we formed our village, Natigvik, I think we were too much in love to really understand the difficulties. Our children came, and it was hard work; I would not trade away any of it, though. We did our best.

But the fact remained: Kilgitsuk was a trader now, removed from his sons lives, ignorant to the whereabouts of his wife, and now growing estranged from those closest to him (Kukutux). He breathed a sigh over his meal which was now only bones.

My wife, Sakhmet, left our village with our son Akkuma. With just myself and my other boy Kivaluk to maintain our claim, we could not. So we went to Moonglow. Kukutux became like a mother to him. I felt... here he stopped himself, having said way too much already, and with a chuckle Kilgitsuk moved away from the topic.

It was a hard time. I took a trader's name and roamed, and on my return - when I saw Kukutux most recently - things had become, different.