Ghost Lion Crag ilunnutchaktuk ❍

time away has already changed him, the spirit whispered. kukutux pondered the ground for a long moment. she had wished to clarify, but had only asked children. not his legacy. was that why he had left?

the woman rocked back against the hard earth, pain passing over her brow as her spine protested both her slip and the growing weight of her new body. in the next it had dissolved behind a demure expression and downturned head. she would heed arcturus, and not speak of it again.

"i — am not forbidden to come here again." there had been no formal edict against him that she had heard. "it will be twin-moon before i can bring me back, but." kukutux lifted her gaze to arcturus. "i would like to return and hear of your new life. if you will want it."