Moonspear [m] listening to fear

Sialuk laughed gently, though careful to not laugh at him. She remembered well a time when she had warmed the beds of men she had scarcely made words with. I do not hold you anything you do not wish. As the year prior, Sialuk would not bare teeth to men who came to her and wished to be involved (or not) in the lives of her children. She knew well that her partners would care for those who came from her body, just as she would care for those that came from Elentari.

Is it your wish to be father? Partner? she asked, curious. A question that would have come sooner, had she the time to know him before today.