Ouroboros Spine hymn

"you think so?" chickadee answered, starting awake with a thump of her tail; her jaws split in a yawn as she rose to greet him. "figured the place could use a little living-in, since that's mainly what i do." and the iota was right; he spent many nights away and she had the den to herself, gratefully sprawling across all of it.
the sun was still bold, but evening was not far off. chickadee clumsily stacked a pebble on top of another. "i was thinking, when summer comes, we could go hunting farther. i uhh, i need to visit brecheliant and let them know i'm okay. but aside from that, i haven't been so many places yet." her eyes moved shyly to his.