Ocean's Breath Plateau lotus root

"i do not know how to tell you it will be, simbelmyne," he admitted, sharing in their warmth. "in the small moments, there is loneliness. but for all the rest, we are here. you are one of us. you and your children."
there was no full comfort he could give; he sat quietly beside her lodge and listened to the sea just beyond the trees. "i am glad you found one another," the seal hunter said at last. "i hold his face in my mind the first day i met you together."
his smile wished to be lighter. "wherever he is, he has not forgotten that moment. he holds it with him also."
only this could chakliux offer, and he found it paltry, the gifts of seal meat more tangible than any comfort he might bestow.