Ouroboros Spine Oh, this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees.

With her eyes, Towhee listened to Kukutux’s gentle words of grief. It was all sage advice, nothing she didn’t already know. But it still helped hearing it and knowing she wasn’t alone in this misery.

I wish I believed in something, Towhee found herself saying. I wish I believed Caracal went somewhere like heaven. But, she didn’t.

And she was pretty sure she’d seen Heda lose her faith entirely upon losing Caracal, so perhaps such ideals were cold comfort in the face of such horrible pain and suffering. Still, Towhee yearned.

I guess he’s not suffering anymore, one way or the other, she sniffled, hiccuping into silence for a beat before asking, Do you ever wish you could have taken her place, Kukutux?