The Heartwood Omak

The girl asked about his plans, suggesting that there was room in her mother’s village for him. The thought had already crossed his mind, though he carried a great hesitance with it. The life of a pathmaker was not a peaceful one, lived at home among family. Yet Kannoyak longed for something stable, something that would give him reason to return.

This one believes it is time to settle. To find a wife and have a family. Kannoyak would be a good pathmaker to the moon villages. This one has become a trader.

Perhaps if one of their moonhomes would allow him to do this work, he could belong to them. The man was a skilled hunter. Even if they did not desire a pathmaker, he could make himself useful by filling their bellies with plump meat.