Moonspear tangled

Sialuk let the answer settle in her mind a moment, using her paw to sweep away a few of the cobwebs that had cropped up since she had last been here. A smaller creature—a raccoon, perhaps—seemed to have been rifling through things as well, and Sialuk gingerly set things back in their proper places.

Listening is the most important part, Sialuk said, pausing briefly before returning to her work. My own spirit has gone through good times and bad, but having reassurance that the bad would not last forever helped me to cope. There were ups and downs in life, she had found, and there was no reason to believe there was not another "up" waiting in the future ahead.