Ouroboros Spine anittaima ◬

there it was, his understanding, and kukutux felt herself and her grin blossom again. what a beautiful thought! the first marriage within moonglow, and she to say the sacred words over the new couple. secretly she hoped that she would do such a thing with the respect and skill it would demand. she would ask knowledge and wisdom of tooteega, then.

adrastus' smile lit the hue of his eyes, softened his face, so that she saw all his expression, and knew perfectly what had drawn the cloudberry woman to him. and inside her own spirit she was pleased not to trade the painter as she had been done before arcturus in moonspear. 

closing her eyes, leaning back against the pleasant warmth of the water. it enveloped her crown as she shook it gently, lightly. "aiolos brings with his question a respect for me. it is that he is ready to make a kinship tie between yuelong and moonglow. after this, they will be part of us."

she looked back upon careful, confident adrastus. if the redsun wished to be her husband, how could they be this without sharing the same village? yet he led the island, and she would not leave the spine. it was something to be decided another time. for now, she could give sons and daughters to both their blood.