Hushed Willows sisuuk ⥱

"my mother took me to many births when i was a child. you know that children are born from the time snow is still upon the earth to the time that the cloudberries are just ripening beneath the sun. there were many women, and many births. i learned swiftly that life can be taken back by tooteega, by sedna, no matter what is done."

she touched reina's paw gently. "i do not think this will need to be done for reverie. i mean to tell you, to become healer is to be called upon to do things that are difficult. it is the first acceptance you must make if you wish to make a path forward."