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for kukutux' part, she had nothing to say. they walked in silence for some time before the ocean began to lay out before them, a shimmering, endless expanse of sunlit water. from there, the pair would head eastward until they came to the mouth of the totoka. 

entertaining no such ideas that her ulaq had survived in her absence, kukutux nevertheless wished to shift her mind from such things. "it is a three days' walk from here," she revealed, wondering if that would change morgan's decision to accompany her. he seemed determined, however, and as loam changed to sand beneath their paws, the girl let her gaze drift sideways.

"why have you left the keep?" a fair enough question, if they were to travel together. and what would happen when kukutux had been delivered to her lodge once more? but that was a thought for the future; for now, the girl must simply know if he could be trusted.