Ouroboros Spine takluak

Me too, she added. It was detrimental to mention this - a weakening caused by the spirit-water, the haze of it and the disjointed nature of her life after waking from it. Tulukiri had felt physically weak in the days following, and now she felt closer to pathetic - unable to focus, as if the ritual had only destabilized her spirit rather than helped it.

She did not like being weak in any form. Weakness had no space in her life; it meant warriors might fail and die, or people would go hungry.

As for further talks, she was unsure, and went quiet.

I never want to do that again. The... water.