Ouroboros Spine will you burn down when i ignite the torch?

for a moment, there is only an aching swell of missing heavy in kivaluk's chest as galana joins the little party. she looks so much like sakhmet that it physically hurts kivaluk, who worries day by day for sakhmet, to look at her.

but that wasn't fair to her.

hi, he greets her, offering her his undivided attention before his gaze goes back to massaraq; to whom kivaluk offers an easy grin.

your older brother. he corrects himself. though an adult in most senses of the word, he hadn't fully hit maturity yet ... and wouldn't until close to the beginning of next year, he surmises.

still, he was adult enough when compared to his youngest batch of siblings.

a small breath of surprise escapes kivaluk as massaraq attempts to clean off the red markings on his muzzle; a startled laugh following.

they won't come off. he says, almost apologetically.