Ouroboros Spine In from the snow

just a lil cameo. sorry kivaluk's like this.

kivaluk hears his fathers voice, and just this once, finally, heeds it.

he comes in late, lingering in the shadows, eyeing ariadne and his father. the words twist sourly in his gut, not because he would deny his father happiness, if he's truly found it, but because all he hears are honeyed lies.

honeyed lies told to those who have seen the exact opposite of what he's promised; sugared promises made to his sister. who was kivaluk's own age.

how long until kigipigak left her, as he left sakhmet? until he left the children she bore him as he left kivaluk?

loudly, kivaluk scoffs; not bothering to hide his distrust.

he will leave you as he left my mama and me. with that warning offered to ariadne, kivaluk turns and leaves; heart bleeding from the barbed wire wrapped tightly 'round it, unsure of what was worse: that he would be right or that he would be wrong, that he and sakhmet had not been good enough to stay for while his sister was.