Firefly Glen ivalu ✦

pukkeenegak, kukutux thought silently. please prepare me for what is to come. be with me.

it would be her last trek alone for a long while, and the duck had made her way to the glen. at her feet, an offering of fish and the early buds snipped from a willow. i have observed pittailiniq. if i have earned your reward, give breath to my children when they decide to be born.

she paused, considering the formality of a prayer; the girl's frown deepened as she stared toward the earth. may @Jarilo find me worthy if i give him a son. i ask you for this, kukutux added, and then breathed with relief to be completed. the fish was left, the new leaves as well; she bowed low her crown and began to trek back toward her ulaq.