Moonsong Glacier akiaguk ¤ {m}

He finds an expression she has not yet seen; the tight-lipped stare is unsettling. When he finished explaining, she had many questions for him, although some were more pressing. Still, she could not bring herself to ask them—not yet.

She did not think any differently of him, only more curious. The upbringing that he described, the childhood led with a heavy-paw, seemed far behind him. From what she had seen, he was far from the blood-hungry man he had been destined to be.

Is this how you wish to raise your children? she asked, unable to help herself. She did not clarify which children, but the implication was there.