Ouroboros Spine saumik ⩃

she did not know to the full extent of the change within sahkmet, but shikoba was not one to judge metamorphosis in a marriage. there were many factors that played into such a decision; with the new outlook in her own relationships, she knows better than to cast out her judgment unto others.

"in waves," she comes to say, "what is the plant you speak of?" shikoba knows that it was the way of motherhood to feel sick during pregnancy, but she noticed that it felt less so than her first. yet she must wonder if this is because only mojag survived. his siblings walked as spirits to guide him, after all. the native hopes he will have more this spring. "i felt fear when mojag was born alone," she comes to admit to her sister, "but this pregnancy does not scare me as it once did."

a look down to her feet for a moment. "i feel as if... they will all breathe when the time comes." a wish from a pained mother, at least.