Ouroboros Spine pijannituk ⩅

staying vague about details, just assuming sis & co have been next door for several weeks

@Lótë had suffered so much in these last months. 

kukutux wished she had not let adrastus return to them. it would have spared her sister this agony, at least. each day she brought meat and herbs to the woman's hearth, spoke with her when lótë wished, and watched the four children for any reason, offering her own milk if permitted to nourish them.

they had already been kin to her own daughters, but now so close, she felt that they had moved beyond nuaq into something like sisters and brothers.

today she brought the fresh flesh of a fish to lótë, entreating her sister to eat. she was silent in those moments, and then her jade eyes at last darted to those gems belonging to her kin. "you have always been my sister. if the ice man had not come back, i would have asked aiolos to give you and your children his status."

she pushed the fish closer. "this has not changed. it is a hard time. there surely are many cuts in your heart. but you will be well-kept, and your children will not suffer."