Ouroboros Spine navgi

there were many things for which kukutux might never forgive kigipigak, but to know his own wife no longer loved him brought a harsh pang of sympathy for the tartok wolf. "first, you do not need to feel guilt. often before a woman walks away, her heart has already stopped its love."

"if you choose to leave behind the hearth of kigipigak, know that this village is still open to him, as father and as hunter." it was fair, she felt. "many things have happened. you were a girl and you met a man who filled your mind. you knew no other men. you did not have an ugi. now you are a woman, an anaa who has cried much and traveled far. you even became tartok for him, daughter. you gave up your name and your sunshine people for a time. a whole life already you have lived!"

she wiped any lingering tears from the lovely face. "i do not think that kigipigak will stay here if he is not married to you. but also i do not think he will leave his children behind." ariadne then must decide what she would do, involve the village or only tell kigipigak herself.