Hoshor Plains obasan

had he known ariadne's heart was closed henceforth to him, chakliux would have let her go in these moments. but among his people it was not uncommon to pair, to keep away with one or another, and then when time had touched the first glow, to seek another. or to bring one among them.
the constant flux of bodies between lodges was then natural.
chakliux did not regret who he was, only that it squandered such connections between the sunshine daughters, or between ciri and himself.
"i am sorry to have missed it! and yes, i will leave soon. maybe we will do this again in the winter to come."
kigipigak. had he changed his name? and why? but these were not questions for his wife.
"you have my deepest good wishes for your hearth, ariadne," the seal hunter said at last, for he recognized this chapter was closed to them, and he did not intend to visit moonsong for some time.
but he meant this, in all ways.