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He was silent as she processed his words, but then confirmed them with a certain stoicism he didn't truly feel.

I would not call us weak. We are a new family, that is all. My wife and I welcomed newborns and within the week Reyna had appeared, and her people — your people. It stung to have someone voice the smallness of Napatuqvik in this way even if it was true.

The fact that you would journey through someone's homestead without care is what worried me. I made space for your people by making that path — I could have very well confronted Reyna and forced her out. Instead, we will go. He breathes a heavy breath as the pair move towards the southern border.

He did not want to make excuses. That the arrival of more wolves had caused a change in the prey patterns, that his marriage struggled with all the time he spent guarding and escorting, that he had missed the first time his surviving children had opened their eyes and ears, their first steps — because of those who ignored their village and saw themselves as somehow superior.

No, he kept quiet on that front.

Eventually they would reach the border and Kigipigak would stand firmly on his side, watching the girl expectantly.