Ouroboros Spine song-maker

stratos would find his mother just inside the trees nearest the ulaq, nursing her gumline. she had bitten a piece of hard leather too firmly and her teeth had reverberated upon its surface.

in the back, one had broken. she spit it out and stared at it in dismay. but as her son called, kukutux swept the piece of tooth back into her mouth and tucked it against her inner cheek. it would go upon her altar. "tigiganniak," the duck clucked, turning to bring him into an embrace. "what is the matter?"