Ouroboros Spine Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn

Sialuk splayed her ears when he laughs at her. She had not meant it in the way he accepted the words, but she could not take them back now. A question made its way to her mind, and she broke the silence with it. Why do you help us? she asked.

Anaa and she could not provide for him when they could barely provide for themselves. The others, she understood. Adrastus sought knowledge of the strange storm. Meerkat and Norah were kin of the spear. She had not met the man Zane, or she might have pressed the same question on him.