Moonsong Glacier pittaq ▱

it was hard to be back upon the ice mountain, to know it had long been without the moondaughter.

it was hard to stand among the pristine white drifts and know that ariadne would not come back.

a plume of white steam rose from her throat as she called out for @Dutch: without preamble, moonwoman said that her village could provide two bodies, either mother and daughter or the young pair.

but she asked to see him, for before she sent her people, kukutux wished to be sure that leading them was in his heart.