Moonspear when the sun rises in the west

Sialuk acknowledged her brother briefly, but most of her attention was focused on her dear aunt. She could not even pronounce the word that Hydra spoke, referring to her, and she did not attempt to. The sounds used to make it were utterly foreign to her, and she had never heard them before. Hydra correctly guessed that taataa was Jarilo, and Sialuk nodded encouragingly. Ugi is husband, she clarified. Why don't you speak like anaa? Er... mother? she asked. Even taataa seemed to know all the same words that Sialuk did, perhaps because he had picked them up from both Kukutux and his two speaking children.

Saviguk seemed more interested in the dead thing that lay at Hydra's feet, and Sialuk's own attention was drawn to it now that her aunt spoke of what it was. What does cunning mean? she asked. The word sounded familiar, and not foreign like the word that meant "niece," but it was still not one that Sialuk knew. She moved closer to the dead coyote, sniffing at its corpse to memorize the smell that it emitted. It was different from them, although the difference was slight.