Duskfire Glacier [m] Tshärr

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he was at last brought to understanding by her picture marks in the snow. one icon was for him and the other represented ayovi herself. while skorpa did not comprehend it all, its gist was clear. "húsbóndi," he said of the larger dot, and the words were much the same.

now he gestured to the smaller marking. "konæ." skorpa looked at ayovi then, tapping his broad chest with a massive paw. "húsbóndi til ayovi."

with the daring came a rush of strong warmth in his chest, honeyed affection. but now it was his turn to reach toward the snow, to add two tinier dots and then set an inverted triangle over them all. "langhaus."

a husband. a wife. children. land. it was the hope of every northman, and he smiled to think that their aims were not so different.

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