Ouroboros Spine eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

If Vaire hoped to wound him with this news there was an opposite effect. To hear that his son and his daughter-in-law were doing well was a blessing; to know also that they were removed from the village and the influence of a rival culture was another.

Kigipigak knew they were expecting but not that they might be parents so soon, if not already! And himself made a grandfather? He was briefly winded at the thought, and smiled in the way he used to, thrilled to hear this news.

That is good news! Thank you for telling me. He gave Vaire another little bow of his head, and then turned to go; she was clearly defensive of her space and Kigipigak did not want to linger too long. To think that his son's own children might grow up alongside his newest siblings was a thing of great value to Kigipigak!

If only they could have done so together as a family, as a village, as Tartok — but Kigipigak would hold fast to the goodness of this information as he headed back to his three, buoyed for the first time in a while, so that he might survive his deeper grief.