Ouroboros Spine Qallupilluit

Tulukiri felt eyes upon her. She turned her own and cast a wide arc with her head, like a dowsing rod, until she spotted the dark figure with the shining tendril of saliva dripping from one corner of their lip; but it was their gaze that stuck with her. She stared a moment and then recognized a pain in her neck from the weight of the rabbits, so she partly bowed, and let both bodies drop.

Her lips were cold and tasted of blood as she licked them, and gave the stranger a small chuff of greeting. She sought the cleaner of the rabbits and hoisted it again, but left the other behind, in case the stranger might want it.