Ouroboros Spine kulavak ≭

She thought of those she had met that anaa had not. There were only one or two, and none of them were suitable husbands for her. Not in the way that she wished. Not in the way that Kukutux had been with taataa and later with sunman. No, none of the hunters Sialuk had met were worthy of her. One day, she knew, he would come into her life. She would know then that he was worthy.

The raindrop shook her head. None who are worthy, she answered.