Remembrances

Auntie Yana died a few months back. Last night there was a remembrance for her. The clan gathered around a fire and we told stories. Things Yana did that were kind, or funny, or showed her character. Like the time she caught Enki out the back with Gudrun from the Polanni clan and loudly reviewed his seduction technique after listening for 5 minutes until he nearly died of embarrassment... then invited them both in, gave them a hot drink and some prophylactics...

Yana's going wasn't a surprise. Matariki offered to get her a clone, but Yana said it had been long enough. I don't think she thought she'd still be her afterwards. Tonight we asked the ancestors who watch over the clan to accept her into their number, so she could keep watching over us, and the ones that follow.

Angel reminded Enki this would mean that Yana would be watching him try his seduction next time, and he cried and laughed at the same time.

I think that she'll be there. Mediating with the spirits of the wind and the earth, the sun and the rain, to help our clan grow strong. And we will remember her.