Ouroboros Spine Olwen

Kausiut did not understand, why would Sialuk describe an inanimate object as scarred. The living got hurt and healed, and got scars. Stones were not capable of feeling or emotion, they just existed. And often at her worst, she thought that without these two characteristics her life would be easier as well.

As for staying or going elsewhere - Kau had thought of this, but she was bound to the village by the practicality of it. There were only few terrains a wolf of her stature could survive in. Life in Moonglow was like having a pair of practical shoes that were neither pretty, nor you liked them very much. But they kept your feet warm, they were waterproof and comfortable. Same with Walrus hunters. As long as her friend Murre had been around, it had been easier to forget the look of those shoes. After her death - practicality was not enough for Kausiut to stay.

She shrugged in response. Rodyn had mentioned that he and Samani planned to branch out. If she were to leave - it felt likely that it would be in their company. "Food," she told Sialuk, meaning that Moonglow kept her alive. She would be a burden anywhere else. She would become a burden once her parents ceased to reign here. "Safe," as much as she hated to admit it, her very existence was dependant on them. Would be so forever.