Ouroboros Spine Salt and the sea

kukutux made a small sound of agreement low in her throat at the mention of the boy veteran. he was son to lane and might one day be chieftain of his own village. "sometimes the boy who is ugi becomes your husband," kukutux said softly. "sometimes he does not. maybe you will have more than one ugi."

a pause. "when you are older and have chosen your ugi, he will come here and live with clan nuiruk for a moon, perhaps more. you will live in your own ulaq and you will see what it is like to be alone." 

moonwoman looked up toward the sky. "i had nine moons when i first lived-in-waiting with my ugi. he had the name of seal stalker boy." her white teeth showed in a smile. had she ever spoken of this before?