Moonspear ukuak ⦖

Arrluk took place out from between them again, his eyes dancing from his mother to Ajei. His mother mentions the right of passage into womanhood, the runs which Ajei had endured. 

Ajei's eyes glassy, Arrluk sees this and lays a black and white paw over her lighter red one in silent comfort. Men of the villages were made to leave in a spirit journey at a young age and return home as a man. Now the women would perform the Kinaalda, forever honoring Shikoba, their great Star hunter.