Moonsong Glacier avilaitkan (m)

His eyes flashed then, and he almost had words for her - but stopped himself. Kilgitsuk did not need this girl to fight his battles for him; but it was this that reminded him of being a husband, of his own thick-headedmess, and what had driven Sakhmet away. He would not repeat his mistakes here. Besides - of all the fights, this one with Kukutux needed every advantage.

Finally now he held her properly. When they weren't connected at the hips, he felt most comfortable being physical in other ways. He kisses her forehead, breathes to steady his thoughts, and relaxes with her.

Ariadne - I have a question for you. This was something different to think about, another distraction. One that was necessary too, and had begun to plague him. He looked upon her now with a smile.

When I became a trader, I took on the name Kilgitsuk to... separate my new life from my old. Before that I was Kigipigak; but within Moonsong - with you, for the future I hope we share together, I do not see myself as either. Why keep a trader's name if he was trying to settle? Why go backwards to a person he had not been in many moons?

The question now seemed obvious.

So, who am I now?