Ouroboros Spine lv. i'm trying to find all the love that you lost

hoping for someone Lote hasn't interacted much with but AW. :) (maybe @Aventus, @Foxfur, @Morte, or @Kigipigak if anybody would like a thread?)

the artisan had been sheltered in the whelping den, regaining her strength.

her children could count almost two moons now. the chill in the air seemed to settle into the very marrow of her bones, despite the deerskin she'd donned around her frail shoulders. it was her sister who had taught her to use the furs of animals for warmth, the extra insulation appreciated over her thin frame as the trees turned and the evergreens' cones closed protectively. the cloudberry was relieved she had decided to stay. already the ground had grown hard and cold, the leaves carpeting the floor of the forest in a wet mulch of decay. it made the bite of the wind even fiercer to think of her cubs travelling in such cold. 

there were new faces moving amongst the ulax and those that had vanished with the summer. keyni's absence was one she felt keenly most of all and she hoped her village-sister had found somewhere safe to winter. she tugged the skin closer over the peak of a misted shoulder as she moved through the community with vairë trotting alongside her. 

soon her nestlings would be old enough to flit about the trees but for now they were always accompanied by mother dove, anaa, sunman, or sistraa. 

the herbalist's jade gaze danced over the assembled dwellings, searching for a less familiar face to acquaint herself with.