Ouroboros Spine winterberry

he was boastful! prideful, assured, all the things a sunshine man should be. in silence they shared the same worries for the future of the entwined moon villages; it was now, now! why she should bring them to her side, to be called up on behalf of the nuiruk clan.

quickly ipiktok warmed to such an idea, eliciting a bright smile from his grandmother. "how can they find resistance to such a face?" she praised the tall hunter. "at first i had thought a seal hunter woman. but they are only girls this year," kukutux explained. "and the caribou runners — aya! where are they?"

no; it must be this place of those who were not moon-kith; she must have her own bond with them made with blood and with marriage. to lose callyope meant another must come.

laughter then, soft. "he has not yet asked! but you see how already they live. she is already his wife, even if they have not said such words."