Ouroboros Spine salummaun ¤

she had returned lómion to the ulaq and placed him in aiolos' care for a time, taking a moment to wander the familiar path back to the den where she had whelped her litter. peridots swept over the ruin as she stopped, flickering to kigipigak in trepidation when they caught a flicker of white within. the tension eased from her shoulders when she recognized his scars, shame bubbling up in her chest.

silently, the cloudberry moved forward and began helping him scrape through the ruin of her former home. it did not feel right to leave it to her sister's kinsman, her own through kukutux, to let him clean up her mess. she would make her way to the lake to wash away any evil left on her skin and fur by the iceman's destruction later. for now, she set about grabbing one of the desecrated pelts and following kigipigak into the forest.