Firefly Glen niece

the smile that spread was knowing.
"she gave me a flower." he showed kannoyak how he had wound the dried loveliness of it into a lock of fur just under his throat.
nasamik would be his first wife. it did not mean he had forgotten sialuk.
at last, chakliux slumped down, head upon his forelegs. he would sleep again, and more deeply than before.