Ouroboros Spine you come from a line of kings

her moon woman had come, with the first hunter in tow.

shikoba felt herself press against her sister when she was able, and soon when she left, she would come to allow her husband to take his place with her. young kivaluk was here then gone, though shikoba would never hold this against him. "they are a piece of you and me," she comes to say to her husband as she presses a cheek against his own, "Ajei, my heart and only girl. Chiteo, our handsome son."

she swept her babies close to her and allowed for them to find their places to eat and rest. with her fur in a sweaty mess, shikoba would wonder if her husband found her beautiful in such a frenzied state. but perhaps this was the beauty of being a mother, the untamed and messy parts of it all.

they were both so quiet, her little pair. misty-eyed, she comes to look toward inutsuk. "will you call to Mojag and let him know he is a big brother?" she would ask him in a groggy voice. had she the strength, perhaps she'd push her way to the mouth of the ulaq herself. but her children were content and she would not dare to disturb their peace.