Firefly Glen niece

maybe @Kannoyak? set after he leaves moonglow

the journey was long. chakliux stopped several times to rest. by now he was aware that a bone in his side had been fractured.
drawing breath was an agony, and so he did not drive himself.
the shadows of night had fallen before he arrived in the place of dancing. the man at last groaned aloud, showing his weakness to an empty place.
he slumped down beneath a tree, back to its bark. he thought of the moonwoman and of nasamik. he thought of the sun man and rage burned. 
chakliux slept, lips and shoulder crusted with dried blood.