Moonspear back to the forward command center

hydra gave her answer, and it both resolved kukutux to meet her goal, and dissuaded the duck from wanting to try. the blackbear asked for patience, and the girl gave a vague nod.

but she had waited, beginning with cry's broken promise and ending with andraste's untruth about a trade that ended the girl's time at courtfall, bringing her to moonspear.

silent for a long while after hydra had finished, kukutux wet her lips with a wary tongue. "i have noticed that wolves in this land marry for love. i do not understand why many wait through the years of children to find the one they decide is special."

a pause to gather her thoughts before she went on. "i would like to stay even without ... even alone. i have come to enjoy moonspear." it was truthful; despite all her misgivings, kukutux had come to see the slopes of the great mountain as something akin to home.

"i do wish this," the duck said softly, "but i do not require love. i wish a home, children. but he does not have to give me his heart. perhaps it is easier, then," the little waterfowl murmured, before she sighed and pressed on.

"have you always lived in this place?"