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sialuk turned away, and it was only then that kukutux noticed the large black bird perched upon her raindrop's shoulder. she did not start or balk, however; relief filled her belly that her child should be so chosen.

kukutux limped after the raindrop until she was forced to pause and to rest. upon the mountain she looked again, but by now her throat was too dry to call out more than she had already.

sialuk must dig their ulaq and find food. plants. kukutux could not do so much as fish, and the enormity of her weakness brought her upright again, weaving after sialuk and fixing her green eyes upon the blackbird that accompanied them.