Moonspear uuliutik ◯

It’s good to see yours, Tiuttuk echoed, nuzzling her grandmother’s chin before drawing back to look at said face.

“I have spoken with Alaric,” Kukutux said.

Treepie puffed out a breath, swinging tail slowing. She took this to mean that she already knew about Sialuk’s departure. She felt a small measure of relief at that. Surely her grandmother would want to talk about it, though at least Pie wouldn’t have to break the news.

I miss her, she said, but when I left her in that northern village, she was the happiest I’d ever seen her.

She frowned at the bittersweet memory, wishing she could show Kukutux the image burned in her mind. Pie also wished she could’ve seen Sialuk like that here on Moonspear, of course, and held out hope that one day, she would.