Ouroboros Spine song

what was most reassuring about kivaluk's explanation was the way the water got him too. she smiled and tried to relax a little, trusting herself even as panic gripped her belly again.
but chickadee concentrated on kivaluk, moving her limbs in loose approximations that tightened the more she stopped focusing toward the water itself.
"am i doing it?" she asked with a stifled laugh.