Ouroboros Spine digitalis horridus

Years of being roughly handled by those his age or older have sculpted Kiliutak in to the perfect punchable thing; if he were an object in a past life, he would have been a sand bag hung by chains from the ceiling, ready to receive the pummelling of fists. Likewise, when Shikoba slams in to him and grabs at his shoulder with her teeth, his only natural response is not to fight back, but to crumble.

She shoves his face in to the dirt.

The boy is gasping to replenish the breath he had previously lost to his shriek and as a result of that, eats gravel.

Though the woman is smaller than he is, Kiliutak does not know how to use his bulk to his advantage - nor does he consider it an option - and so when she commands that he stay down the order is superfluous -- he had no intention of standing up again or fighting back to begin with.