Ouroboros Spine ulikupâk ⩷

she pointed with her nose. they were walking along anik lake and had already passed the three sisters. deersight hills rose on their left, and they surmounted uggunak repose. 

soon mamattuk coppice enveloped them. here the shadows were cool. the pines slanted and thinned to a field of yellow flowers, and there upon a low cliff was the single vibrant maple.

"that is firemother." kuktuux grinned. "she was once an ijaraat, one who changes their shape. but she could not hide her red eyes. it became the color of her leaves."

she stopped and looked up lovingly toward the branches.