Ouroboros Spine ivaluilinik ☼

"when i first came to this land, i thought women could not be hunters. but this has changed in moonglow. if you are hunter when you go, then you will not need to seek food from others. it is a skill you will bring to another ulaq."
samani asked.

kukutux' heart ached.

"when i had nine moons, my mother and father met with those who had made seal hunter boy. they decided we should eventually make a marriage. but for now, i would live in a small ulaq with him. he was very handsome and he was kind. he would have been a good husband."

the rock-falls.

kukutux was silent. she breathed. "i still felt like a child when this time came. i felt that i was not ready. i was glad that seal hunter boy did not live in a village so far away from my anaa."

she sighed. "i know that these ways are not the ones that everyone chooses. but they are old ways. older than me. older than my mother. and it is my task as moonwoman to hand these things down to my daughters, samani. one day you may be in my place."