Ankyra Sound blood ties

The girl did not know the place Sialuk spoke of, and the starwoman wondered if she could make the journey instead. The children—if they came at all—would not arrive until the moon became full twice more. She knew what it was to not want her own children to run away, and she thought of Rolayne, too. He would need to make a decision about where he wished to stay in the months to come, even if that meant remaining with the spear. Sialuk knew that she could not return with him to Moontide permanently.

Aya, she is called Kukutux; anaa is the sunshine word for mother. Where do you and your maman live? she asked. I could make a path to your village and bring the bones to teach you.