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aklak. tooteega. a sialuk-sister. and panuk.

there was immense power in samani. kukutux thought she saw it now, shimmering around her sea-girl as she spoke of the children to come.

she spoke as mother already, and their features stood in stark relief for the woman who would be their anânsiak.

the smile never left her eyes.

"panuk is your spirit-son, my girl who walks always to the sea." kukutux paused to breathe. "it is time for you to know your spirit-name, samani. at birth, i gave you two names. but because you were twin, i gave you also a third."

"these names are for you only. do not speak them aloud again, even to rodyn." the jadestone eyes carried soft warning.

"your spirit-name is unnujaktuk."

oh! her heart felt many things.

"and your twin-name, samani, it is nakitâgutik. kausiut shares this name with you."

the moment felt as fire in her chest, to release samani as woman and as part of moonglow.

but it must be so.

it would be done.

kukutux was reverent with love.

"do this also for your children, so they will always know the kinship tie of villages moonglow and moonspear."