Moonspear kipigniugun ⚭

when the seal hunter had come for kukutux, he had spoken with her father, and brought what the older man wished. it had taken two moons. but he had returned with a bounty, and that wife she had gone with him to his ulaq. how different this now was! kukutux would not have dreamt that she would stand with another husband before a powerful queen, subjects that would continue the grasp of her own lineage.

jarilo spoke; kukutux returned his sidelong look with one of her own, brimming with joy beneath hydra's acceptance. her own smile could not be abated, but now was the time for her silence while her husband exchanged the old gesture with his ruling sister.

nature, indeed; it brimmed in her with an all but choking force, and she was grateful for jarilo's caution, the way in which he sought to cover both of them with his detailed inquiry.