Ocean's Breath Plateau sweetness, I want a tap on your heart

he had known some of this but not all; his features creased as dutch described how they had not come back. he thought of ariadne, far from home.
far from him.
dutch had made overtures to the moon woman. it chilled chakliux to think of what she had asked. what she had known. how close she had been to becoming one of his own lineage.
he was reminded of k'os.
"i am sure she will give you answer, dutch. but i must ask: what is it you want? why not claim the place for your own family, if she does not mean to return?"