Northstar Vale uumak ☈

the huge man's voice was kind; horrified that she had shattered her sense of propriety, kukutux ripped her eyes from his knowing features and fell to gathering the small objects.

her cheeks burned with twofold shame: once for not showing the decent respect deserved by a man, again to remember the haunting burn of his eyes through her soul.

he smelled strongly of andraste; she wondered if this was the man that their leader had chosen, as kalika had suggested to her. was that how things would be carried out here within courtfall?

"t-this woman is apologetic," kukutux stuttered beneath the warrior's gaze, head bowed. "she has never seen someone so ... large."