Stavanger Bay A Mile Step By Step

If she was startled by the question it did not affect her steps as she continued on, although it did take her a few steps to answer. "No. I'd like to, but I'm not in a rush." She spoke plainly and honestly although it was somewhat vague. When she had first arrived she could not have supported starting a family, hardly staying in one place even for a full night to rest herself. The next season she had been working to help found Moontide. Though she might have tried she had met no one who caught her eye in particular. If she had wanted kids first and foremost perhaps she could have tempted Chakliux but she had had no intention of becoming a fourth or third wife in his lodge.

They wound their way up the coast and the easy pace of the journey and the conversation gave Heph a moment to ponder her next words. "Do you want more or would you rather be a doting grandad?" A humorous glint in her teeth as she spoke although there was an openness to the question. She wondered briefly, a flash of a joke somewhere there hidden in the seriousness, since he and his sister were close if Towhee also wanted to be aunt to another gang of kids although the thought faded quickly from her mind so she could listen to his reply.