Moonsong Glacier moons

He colored further; the reason seemed scandalous to him, even as respectable as Kukutux had seemed. He could not repeat all that she had said to him, not even the thoughts that Valiant had voiced. He struggled for a long moment to answer Callyope, but soon enough landed on a subject that he could speak on without stuttering:

"She said that if I found you, I might not want to leave," he told her, candid despite his chagrin. He steeled himself and went on: "And when I told her I already didn't want to leave, she told me that I should stay."

They came to the caves, where — unbeknownst to him — the village of Moonsong had once made their home. He poked his head into one and saw fine furs bundled together against the cave's craggy face. He did not know this either, but they were the wedding skins that Ariadne and Kigipigak had left in their hasty flight, and that Dutch had set aside for them when moving the village of Morningsong to the coast.