Ouroboros Spine nausauvuk ⊓

@Bahiti tag for vaire plz plz lmk if u want me to tag her another way! <3

in the growing narrow shadows of early evening, kukutux called her doe-daughter aside to the lake. in companionable silence they walked.

"i have four names for your ears. the first is aatrox. he is a man of more years than you. he called himself a raven-talker. but when i asked after the raven and the deer, he could not tell me."

"there is rhaegal. he is a man of the long salt, from the place of strong women far along the coast. sapphique. he does wish a family. and i saw good things in him, even if he was careful."

"tybault, also. his questions ring true and sharp, like a throwing-stick. but he searches for his sister. i think that is the true want in his heart."

"and last, the man chakliux. he is of our people, from farther away. a seal hunter. i am not sure he seeks a wife yet. perhaps he waits to meet the women of moonglow."

"all of these men are handsome and strong, with clear eyes and healthy pelts." kukutux smiled. "tell me any. or tell me all. i have not said your name. and i said only to rhaegal that i seek a husband for a daughter." the secrecy of this amused her. "i have made an idea: to call all these men to the place of fireflies, to bring your sister sialuk, who has come back, and nasamik, who has no husband, to make a time of dancing. and challenge. and then you look at these men and you will let your heart choose if you want a further meeting with one. else i will bring them to you all, or one by one."