Ouroboros Spine foxfire

They were food for her too, then. She held a scar upon herself that he had noticed upon their first meeting and it was now, brandished proudly where she directed his eye, that he could see it properly. Nuak wondered if he held any visible scars to tell his story; he had forgotten the tattering of his ears, and did not know if Aventus and Avicus had left anything visible during their various assaults.

Do you have words with the running things? The woman went on to ask, moseying towards a path that led upward of the claim. Nuak held back at first; he gave his bed-pelt a cursory glance as he debated internally whether following her would be worthwhile. He elected to stash the skin between some trees, haphazardly rolled so that the fur was hidden from sight.

He drew carefully along the path after her, giving ample distance. No. the boy finally answered, mumbling almost to himself afterward: —just the bears. As if speaking of them might summon one such beast, or maybe Merrick, lurking in the dark. The man had always fascinated and terrified Nuak, with his ability to slither out of any shadow.