Ouroboros Spine Happy days

Sialuk laughed, amused at Ajei's eagerness to feed her. I will take only one, she replied with a grin. There are many mouths to feed in village Moonglow, and Moonspear has many capable hunters. This way, Ajei would not need to make the trip carrying a fish for her older kin, and Sialuk would not feel as though she was taking too much from her sister village. She relaxed then, watching Ajei as she went about her fishing. It was hard to imagine that her own children would be doing the same in only a few months time.

She tried to recall what her own interests had been at Ajei's age, but it was difficult to say exactly how old she had been when the strange storm had ravaged the spear. So many things had been thrust upon her in that time, and it had been a long and difficult recovery from there. Even a year later, she had struggled to rid herself of the cloud that followed her spirit. Now, with her two little babes and peace in the villages, she was happy. No longer did that cloud cover her brightness.

Sialuk hoped that Ajei would never need to experience such a thing.