Hoshor Plains turquoise

a soft smile tugs at kivaluk's lips.

he had not known that she was named after a bird, but he finds the tradition something he could get behind. it was better than naming his children tartok names that mean nothing to him.

i love that. i would not mind having a flock of bird named cubs, he says. i would not have our children named after tartok, like me. it wasn't him and it wouldn't be his children. that entity that had been a higher priority than kigipigak's own children.