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He woke to the sight of his wife, reborn again. To be told by Asivaq that she was shedding her name, which to his people was akin to shedding a marriage, a family, a life —

He stormed from the ulaq and away from the sleeping places. Needing time to process this, to see that she was only trying to reintegrate among her people.

But at what cost? Could they not exist together? He could not understand why his ways were not welcome here. He had done no wrong and yet he was being punished.

When he returned again to the ulaq it was a few hours passed, and he was carrying a freshly killed grouse. He lay this down for the children to investigate and otherwise busied himself with them, as their father, rather than face his wife.