Tätxaw kelkuti
Return home
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She had lost weight. She had been in the ritual for three days. She ate. She swam. She ran. And she flew. But she wasn't ready to make the journey back.

She had grown closer to Ronal and acquainted herself with some of the clan during her stay. But something even more noteworthy happened. Ronal gave birth to her first child.

Hia found her at the beach, not taking it easy as a expecting mother should, in labor. Na'vi labor can take a few hours to a few days. And Ronal had a longer birth and healers had to take shifts to watch over her. Hia volunteered to stay and comfort her during her pain. It was terrifying. Especially down to the last hour of the birth. Tonowari nearly passed out, it was draining to see someone in pain for so long. But it was a healthy baby boy.

He was cleaned and handed to his mother. He didn't cry, rather, he squirmed a lot. And then he cried.

"What will you name him?" Hia asked, admiring the little future Olo'eyktan.

"Aonung." Ronal said tiredly, satisfied.

"You did very well, my love." Tonowari smiled at his baby boy and ran his hand over his head.

She had done well. And it left Hia with a feeling of longing.

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"It's time." Hia brought it up a few days later with Ronal, "I must return to the Omatikaya. But know that if you ever need me, or wish to see me, all you have to do is ask." She bid the exhausted woman farewell.

"I will. I know we will see each other again." She said with a smile.

Hia walked out and Tonowari followed her out.

"Eywa be with you." He wishes and watched Vrin and Hia mount their Ikrans and get some air under their wings.

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The travel back seemed faster than the way there. They stopped several times before Vrin had to stay with her clan. Yuete' was sad to leave her sister ikran behind, but familial bonds aren't so important to make her want to refuse to leave.

She found the mines first before she found where the clan had began to settle. Huge marui-like huts and tents, most suspended into the canopy, the rest on the ground.

She landed with Yuete' and began to tug off her poncho. Yuete' settled in, and it was time to face her people with new eyes.

Short chapter since it's late where I am.