Ouroboros Spine amaniittuk ≐

as of this thread, kausiut will be leaving moonglow to go offsite with a visitor from a village considered to be cousins to kukutux' own people <3

the woman who arrived was not at first familiar. it was not until she used the tongue of the walrus hunters that moonwoman knew and understood. the visitor wore a black parka and sharp blue eyes that missed nothing. "cousin," she said of kukutux. "it is good to see that you are strong and that the stories of your people go on."

she had the name of murre. kukutux brought her to the hearth of herself and aiolos and lótë. she declared the walrus woman to be deserving at once of their hospitality. food was brought. she said the names of moonglow to murre, who looked approvingly at the large family.

but it was @Kausiut who truly took the eye of the trader. kukutux saw how uncommonly warm her daytime star was toward murre.

"the walrus hunters are not so unlike moonglow. but our women are hunters as well as shamans. sometimes we do not marry. or sometimes a walrus woman takes more than one husband," murre told to the ears that listened.

by the third day that had passed, it became clear to all who saw that kausiut had grown close to the journeyer. this was not often done by their daytime star. kukutux found this curious but welcoming. yet murre still brought surprise when she spoke to moonwoman and to sun man, saying that the walrus spirit-talkers might teach kausiut more.

murre was fond of kausiut. she saw her already as a kinsoul, even if there was no blood tying them.

it was with much reluctance that moonwoman relented. she stood with the sunman and the painterwolf. she kissed kausiut gently and looked into the bright single eye.