Kildeer Rest only the beginning

Sialuk's question further surprised Kigipigak.

He could not imagine the girl taking over Moonglow in such a way, and the insinuation within the question — that it would perhaps make her available in a way that was acceptable to Kigipigak — emptied his head of all other thoughts.

She waited for an answer. His mouth felt dry. His face again warm in a way he did not like. I— Kigipigak stumbled verbally, for once in his life tongue-tied.

That is the custom — yes. Would he, though? He did not know.
It did not seem to matter either, as Moonglow held different customs. Kigipigak could see Sialuk as the next moon-woman like her mother perhaps, one day, but not an issumatar — but he did not know how to say this.

After another lengthy pause he blurts, Would you want me to?