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when foxfur had gone, kukutux gathered her little daughters and walked in the direction of their ulaq.

@Sialuk was there to receive them. "daughter. when the sun has lowered, go to the lake and seek foxfur."

she did not yet look at her daughter. kukutux pulled the last of dried meat and some mushrooms from her summer cache, preparing a meal for aiolos. 

setting this aside upon a strip of bark, she reached now for a rich carry-skin cut from the skin of the siksrikpak, and gave the pouched pelt to the raindrop. "foxfur does not have good sleep. i have told to him that you will help to find ulax which might bring him peace. this is for saiyuu."

"go to the healing dens before you make your path to the water. igrunnak. tulukkam asriak. ivruiyak." kukutux paused, moving to rummage through the cache once more.

"aya, here is deer fat." moonwoman placed a smooth white chunk beside the skin. "grind these medicines with your teeth when the hunter is ready to sleep. say it is your duty as healer." the unassuming man would not speak against this, kukutux felt. "make a mixture with water that is cold. it will cause him to dream softer things when he slumbers."

only then did kukutux look up toward her daughter. "do not wait many hours until the sun has come down." a cluck of her tongue. sialuk was able to remember these things. she had learned much since the time that she was able to walk on her own legs.

kukutux turned back to the twin children.