Ouroboros Spine atiga-anun

within kivaluk, there had always been the penchant for callousness; but facing this, facing kigipigak ... it rears its head and comes to the surface. idly, he wonders if he inherited that trait from the man before him, or if it stemmed from sakhmet. he couldn't really say.

you keep saying that, kivaluk thinks to himself, biting his tongue from speaking the words aloud.

he watches kigpigak leave, and once he is out of sight, only then does kivaluk move; a statue come to life. the tension does not fully leave his shoulders, nor the rigid purpose in which he prowls the borders in patrol. but walking a patrol helps; helps him to compartmentalize this meeting alongside the others and attempt to untangle what he wished to do.