Cedar Sweep the empty bowl

Meerkat's advice fulfilled a longing that Asivaq didn't even know she wanted. Without Kukutux's advice, she'd been on her own, and it was nice to have somebody to care enough to say what she needed to know. She could feel tears in her eyes, and she wiped them away as her tail swept against the snow-covered ground.

I really appreciate it, she said, trying her best to keep her emotions contained—but it was hard! Without anaa, I am alone and do not know what to expect or what I am doing, she admitted, feeling it all; the hurt, the longing, and the absence of her mother.

I must admit—I am scared to deliver. My sistraa died while giving birth, and it is something that weighs heavy on my mind. Out of habit, when she felt most insecure, she curled her tail around her forepaws and tried to make herself smaller.