Ouroboros Spine Anaana

Mom did not make Kausiut wait. She came almost immediately. She had not changed. The same looks, smell and affection. The girl made a half-voluntary step forward to let her tip of the muzzle briefly touch Kukutux's and that was the extent of physical contact she was willing and comfortable to take. It was not rejection, nor that she was indifferent to the person before her. Simply this was the way she was and as an adult entitled to set her boundaries.

Asked about walrus people a shadow of pain changed that sour expression of hers: "Murre gone." This was the extent of what she was going to say about it. Death of a person she had formed a connection with was an entirely new way of someone exiting her life. She still had hard time understanding, how one's body could still be there, while the life - not at all.