Ouroboros Spine ulikupâk ⩷

she shook her head. "not stuck. but we cannot change her. only sedna can."

she settled close. "rest with me. i will tell you the story."

a breath, and then: "many, many hands of time again, there were many ijiraataq. they lived in forests and rivers. sometimes they took the form of stones. sometimes they took the form of grass."

"one day, a young hunter came to the water. he had been following brother deer. firemother saw him. she was a spirit of the leaves. she saw that he was good and strong and that he had the blessing of sedna. and she became filled with much jealousy."

she paused to look at mojag and see what he made of it.