Moonsong Glacier i’m doing better than i ever was

The night before saw Kilgitsuk patrolling beneath the stars; he had taken refuge among a copse of pine trees a medium distance from Ariadne's own sleeping place, to keep watch and be ready for orders the next day.

He woke to her voice. Kilgitsuk did not initially share in the celebration; he thought of all that had brought him here, all that he had lost by taking a trader's name, and how this was more than a celebration of Ariadne's success to him.

Being here meant he was trying to be present. To be accessible. To move on and be better. As he lifted his head and added his deep voice and listened to it resonate, he sang a message that reached beyond Moonsong:

@Kivaluk, @Akkuma; your father is here in village Moonsong. Come and celebrate with us!

He did not know if they would hear him, or care, or even want to bring him back in to their lives given everything — but Kilgitsuk bore his shame, hope, and love openly in that moment.