Moonspear half-mother

any thoughts of more things were put from his mind when sialuk approached he and tullik. her greeting was returned; his eyes said he still found her greatly beautiful; and then he settled beside his wife.
"we bring gifts." two elkskins, four of their teeth. the pelts would not be as fine as the moonwomen could make, but the care was clear. "for your children," the freshly killed bird.
he looked toward tullik and then began; "we wish to live together, in moontide. this man asks that you, spirit woman, place the seal hunter marks over the womb of this seal hunter wife." for this request he would use her sunshine dialect, wishing to impart respect.