Ouroboros Spine Alas I cannot Swim

He offered his body to help, and Sialuk thought of Raimo. He seemed to slip himself into every thought. She did not like this about him. He asked also for permission to search, and he would search also for the star that had brought the strange storm to the spear.

In three days, I will catch a meal for you so that I might repay your kindness, she said. She could not promise a great meal, but stashing away one days from now was not a terrible ask of her. And if he did not return, she would owe nothing. If you find them, tell them Sialuk—this is me—and Kukutux survive on the ring of mountains. In three days, they would know whether or not to sing the death songs.