Ouroboros Spine The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang

Ridicule. It was not new to Kiliutak. A different flavor of the same sort of disrespect he had endured throughout his life. This man did not draw his teeth across the boy's skin but the sound of mirth erupting from Zane gave the same effect. Kiliutak winces, internalizing the sentiment.

The thought of being adopted by Kukutux is a strange one. He does not understand what an adoption is, only that she had called him family and had yet to harm him in any meaningful way; at least physically, Kukutux had contained any desire to strike at him.

Kilituak did not know what to do next. He did not want to return to the cliff. He could not linger long within Moonglow lest someone notice him and either he, or Zane, would be in trouble for the laisseze-faire manner of the situation unfolding. He could run, tempt fate — but go where?

Zane was right. He had no options. The uncertainty of the moment plagued him.