Nova Peak Moon

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fatherhood was not something the man had ever envisioned for himself. he had been meant to die in pursuit of Valhalla; this had been arrested by the presence of ayovi, and then later, her skilled paws pressing suppuration from his belly.

he had no life without her.

on a whim, skorpa pressed the bubbling babe upward, toward his shoulders. there the bearskin rested to take her claws; there she might see all the twinkling band of stars perched atop the mountain of her father's height.

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