Shadowwyn Moor [m] māmila

"udzih 'udaaxe neket'aats'," sun eater murmured, charmed by how easily morwenna took to his own words. "the caribou leave, go down river, come back." of course its translation would be more adapted in lanzadoii, but now there was hope in him that she would truly learn.

"the caribou know you learn," he said with a rare tenderness, tail flagging in proud height as he nuzzled the curve of her throat, nipped the roundness of her shoulder. "they wait to give welcome."

he did not move away; he mingled their breath in a slow wakening kiss that sent his blood into a simmer. "you are yikaas k'edghildza'. star of first dawn. sun that lives first in the sky."

and through this he cleverly preserved his own origin, burying hatred of the sunshine people into the promise-name of his sun clan wife. warring suns, but saatsine would eat nuiruk. their children would taste the blood of the moon.