Ouroboros Spine glory

she had meant to find him the night before, but had been so tired that she'd slept for hours in the forest along the lakeshore.
mouth sour, groggy, hungry, she'd dipped in the water to refresh herself and then went to find @Kivaluk, rehearsing what she would say to him. hey. your mom or whatever said you would help me like, look around and find a den and stuff.
perfect. chickadee stretched and loped along his trail in the growing golden light of dawn.