Qeya River chirosophist

unlike his encounter with the woman at the sheep carcass, kukuvrak does not seek to strike, or push boundaries, as nagruk draws close. he knows his place.

the lineage shared, perhaps he should have recognized the name or held more sanctity for it; however his own lessons had not been in the histories of their people — his had been the forbidden knowledge of blood magic, thought forgotten.

chieftain. the man with one eye, he leads? a grunt croaks from him then. do you lead above him, daughter of kayuktuk?
probing, testing in a different way.

was this not their way?