Firefly Glen [PHE] kimmiurat ⧤

"i am kukutux. moonwoman. moonmother. it is also my pleasure."

quietly she listened as akavir detailed the reasons he did not wish to raise a harsh discipline. and when he was finished, kukutux was quiet for a time. "no matter what you choose, they will be angry. they are young," she said again. "they will not understand. but they will learn."

cygnet did not know the way of those her age. mae had lost her seeing. 

"would you treat another child in a different way? if you walk soft around them now, they will expect it. if you hold blame for what has happened, know that there are things we cannot see before they have happened."

two daughters and a granddaughter, gone to sedna. a grandson, gone to sedna. a girl-child, lost — lost.

and she could not have seen it. 

"swiftcurrent creek is important to this gathering. these girls, too, they are important. they must see themselves in this way as well, to have pride in their words and what they speak to the ears of others. sometimes this teaching is not easily learned."