Ouroboros Spine surprise

At first light, Sialuk woke. She greeted @Kukutux warmly, then headed out to hunt. "A man's work," anaa would have said, but they had no men. For now, it was just the two of them, and Sialuk must become both hunter and warrior while her mother rested and regained the strength in her leg. She thought of when she had met the witch in Bramblepoint, wondering if the blind woman would be able to help, but asking it seemed like too much. They were not as close to the Redhawks as they had been with the glen. The raindrop did not feel she knew them as kin.

There had been no word from Meerkat, and the Ostrega feared the worst. Perhaps nobody lived on the spear or in the glen any longer, as she had suspected from that first moment. Wiped out. Only she, anaa, and Meerkat had survived the strange storm. Perhaps Meerkat had been taken by the aftermath.

Overhead, Sixsix squawked at her, swooping low and back up, then tore off in another direction. This, she knew to be a good sign. Carrion. She did not believe herself to be above scavenging, and she breathed a sigh of relief, saying a silent prayer to the spirits who guided Sixsix (and by extension, Sialuk) to the meal.