Ouroboros Spine i see your bones beneath

kivaluk takes the swell of protectiveness as a good sign: as a sign that despite his identity struggles and how he fit as a cog into the machine that was moonglow, that it was becoming home. still, there was a part of kivaluk's heart that yearns for natigvik and perhaps always would.

he does not miss her look as she speaks of strong guardians and he offers a soft wag of his tail, glad for the opportunity to prove himself, if nothing else.

i know since i was old enough to comprehend what it meant, that my parents have told us we are family...but thank you for taking us in all the same. kivaluk says then, perhaps coming across as out of the blue despite that his thoughts of natigvik segued into it seamlessly. without kukutux and moonglow, kivaluk wasn't sure what would've came of his small family.