Ouroboros Spine ilukaan ∔

kukutux was assured in aiolos' love. a whisper of thanks was upon her lips when she stepped forward to receive his affection. the sun man's embrace was warm and wanting around her, and the duck shivered despite herself. he would be a husband to them both. but he would only share a sleeping place with her.

she was unwise to want more. and yet the duck could not help the warmth that came to her face when she thought of the sun man and his wives sharing an ulaq. it was a familiar feeling, and not one that was altogether unpleasant. there was no jealousy in the conception of it. she must simply wait to see what the spring-time brought for them all.

that aiolos had no name did not matter to the duck. "we will be clan nuiruk: wolves beneath the moon that shows through clouds.'" it was a word she had long loved, and now if aiolos agreed, they might add this not only to their names but to those of the cloudberry woman and her children.

surely the man of red fur loved her dutifully and truly to agree in this way.

kukutux kissed all sides of his face with a slow and loving linger.