Moonsong Glacier through the fog of an early morn

he was accepting of the concept. she did not expect to feel so warm and pleased by his admission that even without these children, she was welcome.

a smile flit across her face in the dark.

sulukinak thought to broach the subject of tunilallik as it was important, but when she opened her mouth it was to yawn widely and with shining teeth.

she looked sheepish for a moment after, and nosed in to dutch's fur. there, she mumbled, what happens if they never come home?

she meant the red woman and her nanuk; but as she thought of them, sulukinak realized she was happier without them.