Ouroboros Spine I walk my days on a wire

When he raised his head, the stranger's resemblance to Atlas was breathtaking. Meerkat stood there dumbly, her breath literally caught in her throat, as Keyni sidled up beside her and answered his question. She kept staring, specifically at his single yellow eye, until Sialuk appeared on the scene as well. The call of her name, coupled with the cool press of a nose, snapped her out of her momentary stupefaction.

"Hey," she rejoined, forcibly tearing her gaze away to look in Sialuk's direction. "Sort of. There's a small group of us. Some are going to conduct searches of the area, look for more stragglers. The rest of us plan to head to Redhawk Caldera to take refuge there. Do you think your mother can travel?"