Ouroboros Spine or in the temple of absent gods

He nodded along through she is very wise and even through the first bit about a doe standing in sunlight. He didn't know what it meant, but it was the poetic sort of thing he expected out of Dutch's mouth, so it seemed natural to hear it, here. But then choices were brought into it, and right and wrong, and wariness, and Valiant tail stilled while he struggled to parse the moonwoman's meaning. Could it be a warning? Perhaps he had spoken with too much familiarity about the doe.

"The mark on her cheek?" he asked, pushing aside his worries. Kukutux was only talking about her daughter; these words had nothing to do with him.  "Was that from a deer?"