Moonsong Glacier be the moth to my flame

it sounded as though the woman might stay.

the thought disturbed sulukinak; but she knew what dutch had told her, that they needed new blood upon the glacier and that children were important.

her attention drifts finally from the woman. sulukinak watches something further afield; a bird in flight maybe, or the clouds.

abruptly she removes herself from alongside dutch and ambles away, as indifferent as a cat, and goes about her business. the fur at the nape of her neck does not smooth down - and judging by her gait alone, she is annoyed.

no matter. sulukinak disperses from the pair and leaves the details up to her man, since he is chief. dutch knows best and the girl trusts him.