Moonsong Glacier avilaitkan (m)

Ariadne's upbringing had led to goals more aligned with those before her. Like Kukutux, like Sialuk, and like Samani, she had felt that it was her duty to start a village and then a family. Although the reception to her answer had been positive, her expression softened, and she now looked at Kaluktuk curiously as she found herself second-guessing herself.

What else is out there? she asked; her journals had been long ago, and her paws had grown tired of the mindless meandering she eventually did. She had had no direction, no purpose, and life on the road had felt lonely[mdashd]but, maybe with her lover at her side, things would be different.