Moonspear kunikruk ⥅

sialuk's arrangement pleased her, and that was what moonmother wished. her eldest daughter had been robbed of time as a girl, and had grown swiftly into a woman.

she remembered raimo. even that she had once considered kigipigak for sialuk.

"you came to the village, to look for towhee," kukutux said at last, surfacing with the memory and a smile. "if two of moonspear have chosen you, and one is a moon daughter, then you are kin to me. sit. eat."

aiolos came then. the misery still laid upon him and lived in his eyes. but her look for him was warm and vibrant, and she rose to embrace her sun man in a tight, lingering way.

"and my husband has come to stay among you. for a time. sialuk has lost a sister. we grieve her." another sister.

she drew a breath. "the children of moonspear, they are well? healthy?"