Ouroboros Spine malitjuagak ▱

moonwoman's heart hurt to think of what wilwarin and her mother had experienced.

"no. you are not stupid. you are young. you do not understand danger until you have been taught. until you have seen."

her voice was soft. she closed her eyes and lifted her voice in the same words again, a chat that undulated to and fro.

"when the one who is called adlak comes to us, it is for a reason. bears have much strength. your mother is marked by its totem now."

kukutux looked deep at wilwarin, searching the sungold eyes. "you were born of a bear. now a bear shows itself to you again. in you there is a great thing you have not yet discovered."