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He did not understand either.

His mother was both these names, and they were only sounds. He hears a third name too, whispered by the wind - Tlatehiin.

Father left; he was a gathering storm, and in his wake Sisamat sought @Ariadne for comfort, confused by what he saw.

Aapa go? He asked, knowing the answer - he asked for a different reason but could not articulate. Would he go to Pinasut? Would he come back?

He listened, staring at the mouth of the ulaq until Kigipigak returned; but he listened for that whispered name, and found there was none offered for his father.