Ouroboros Spine I got my finger on the trigger

Okay, seriously. 10/10 stars. He was friends with anaa and brought back a squirrel? He’d officially intercepted the coolest outsider there was!

Stratos grinned and ducked sheepishly as anaa explained their common knowing. “Good to meet you I’m Stratos!” he announced with a little puff of his chest, and after a quick kiss to Kukutux’s chin, the boy scrambled up and was off to check out that tree Rodyn had pointed him towards while he and anaa talked about the rest of the stuff he probably should’ve been paying more attention to but only really kept one ear turned towards.

He trotted out from behind the tree with promised squirrel clenched neatly in his mouth, despite the drool already oozing around it. He’d caught his name being mentioned and fell into step with the adults.

“Aya aya! Imma gonna hunt effryshing!” he butchered through both a grin and the squirrel in his mouth, “Deer, and goachs, and caribou, and even moof!” Oooh! He drew in a breath and looked excitedly up at Rodyn. “Haf yooou effer hunted moofen?”