Totoka River talgaktuk
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“We are all eaters of souls.”


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He shrugged. She moved to lick at the surface of the orb, and by her expression there was nothing interesting about the taste. When she nosed it towards him Kigipigak sniffed the surface. Her tongue had left a slight imprint - a warm thing against a cold thing.

The man reached out and tried to grasp the fruit with his teeth. He was not delicate about it, and so his teeth splintered the ice immediately. The same tinny sound came from the apple as it came apart upon his tongue, with thin pieces melting immediately.

He licked his lips and swallowed, then sniffed the ground where the apple had been, huffing outward through his nose at the last moment and spraying the top layer of snow out from underneath.
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talgaktuk - by Kigipigak - December 30, 2021, 01:08 AM
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