Ouroboros Spine Sister mother, river styx

"that is good, ajei," kukutux said in the words of her home.

"today we take this skin and we make it clean." the underside of the hide was still marked by bits of dried blood and long swathes of tissue. the duck demonstrated how to tear the latter in strips, piling it aside.

"we scrape. and then we soak," kukutux added, motioning toward the lake. "and then we chew, for many days, until the hair is gone and it is only soft good nulak."