Ouroboros Spine shark in shallow water

shikoba often feels like she struggles with the common tongue of the land and often sees the faces contorted with confusion and sneer expressions when she cannot find her bearings in the form of words. yet kukutux is gentle, understanding -- shikoba feels as if there is little space between the two of them understanding one another.

the duck takes the water with ease as the two swim peacefully for their short moment. though, shikoba takes notice to the moonwoman's expression as she explains the situation with the man held captive in the spine.

"he cannot stay forever."

kukutux seems gentle with her wording, she does not jump to claiming his head as a bounty as she did with the tupilak that had marked her. shikoba is curious about this sudden change, but thinks first of a way to ask politely.

"if moonglow does not keep man, does kukutux let him go?" to be held prisoner means that a crime was committed, and oftentimes crimes do not go unpunished. shikoba has already made the mistake to assume the duck is only a merciful creature. the blood ready to be spilled on red fur says so. "or does kukutux fight him with shikoba?" 

she forgets to mention that this fight is meant to be to the death, until the man no longer plagues moonglow and their leader.