Ouroboros Spine heifers and cows

the words of a true wise woman are spoken. shikoba has given life to her son, and now once again the season calls for her to bring life to others. she enjoyed motherhood, despite the challenges her pregnancy brought as well as the children who walked with the spirits before walking with their mother. when looking beyond all of the problems she allowed herself to drown in, shikoba knew her life was not finished and her role had not come to its end.

and despite the gentleness held within kukutux's gaze, shikoba feels shame burn away at her cheeks. "it has tried," she offers to the woman, "yet it still aches." she always complained of the pain she felt, of the wrongness that still occupied the place in her heart where inutsuk once lived. and secretly she must wonder if she can ever truly forgive inutsuk and if it really is something she wants.

it seems selfish to stay mad forever, not to mention practically impossible. but the woman still could not find a way to allow her husband to lay with her and bring forth more children that he may very well disappear on. "i want to heal, but struggle to accept inutsuk fully after... all of it." for moon woman's ears only, shikoba would never dare to whisper this to another.