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ah, so the old ways had not left keyni, then. it was the sort of thing kukutux had heard her mothers and her aunts say many times. that was why, inside the circle of protection provided by men, women had their own, a council that not even the most decorated hunter would dare question.

"sometimes there are men who are not like that way," kukutux smiled, brushing her new companion's cheek with a gentle familiarity. she thought of jarilo, of his kindness and how each time they spoke, she was reminded of how careful his spirit was.

she missed him now. a question from keyni's soft tones. "in my homeland, as you may know, such things were arranged. when i came here i was alone." she thought of the elf-queen, and also of cry, whom she had not forgotten.

"i asked my leader of she would be sister to me, and find me a husband. she took me to moonspear. hydra's brother chose me, but we did not know each other properly until after our married-time began."