Ouroboros Spine Aliuk-aimagvik

He was in a state of hypervigilance as he watched over the children and organized the sleeping place. It looked no different from his usual focused, somewhat stern self. When a call rose by the borders Kigipigak elected to ignore it, as his job was no longer centered around being a leader or ferrying people around his village — his village had failed and fallen, again.

Some time later a shape darkened the proverbial doorstep of the ulaq and the man was there, quickly; he expected Asivaq's mother or one of her sisters, maybe the Sunman to be standing there. Instead it was Dutch, which was a surprise.

Kigipigak stepped from the ulaq and gave a friendly tip of his head to the other man. He was surprised, but glad to see a friendly face. It slipped Kigipigak's mind to be wary here too, given the way he and his wife had eloped.

Dutch, welcome.