Ouroboros Spine in hopes that i'd decline

no worries! <3

there was a lot to unpack, a lot of things for kivaluk to consider, a new way of courting that she had presented to him.

but, admittedly, this is something he preferred to mull over while he deer tracked or patrolled and not necessarily while in the company of someone else, despite that he bounced potential concerns off of her in the hopes of garnering her opinion.

for a reason he cannot quite place: he wanted her opinion. it mattered.

which was a whole other thing he needed to unpack.

right, kivaluk murmurs; contemplative. in truth, he was afraid of upsetting kukutux — whom he had come to love quite dearly in the past few months. her opinion mattered to him, too. as much as his mother's own; surely. i should probably seek her out and at least let her know of these changes, a mental note spoken aloud for himself. thank you for introducing them to me, nasamik. a boyish grin is given to her.

i had thought to grab a meal from one of the caches ...but do you have any interest in hunting with me? word vomit tumbles out of his mouth, wondering if a simple invitation of hunt with me? might've sufficed.

she gives her answer and kivaluk tries his best to focus on the hunt and not on the ideas she's filled his head with.