Hushed Willows sisuuk ⥱

reina looked away, caught in the web of her own thoughts.

kukutux waited patiently as she wound her own dream. she let herself drift, gathering the power she must give reina.

when the young healer spoke, it was upon the subject of children.

kukutux had a great mind of belief that those who tended children must first be mothers, but this did not detract from the skill possessed by a woman who was not yet anaa.

"i followed my mother to many births when i was only a girl. do you have questions for which you have no answers? i will give them to you," kukutux murmured, encouraging reina.