Ouroboros Spine In the early morning

"Oh," said Valiant, "No — I mean that Minnow's my sister. That's her name."

But now that she said it, Valiant could see tiny shapes darting around in the water. These wouldn't be good for a meal, but it did mean that there were fish living under all this ice.

Strange.

Ajei was very different from Ariadne in the way she spoke of the sunshine people. Valiant felt no small level of relief for it — but he couldn't shake the feeling that he should've done more when they last spoke. Now a family had been divided, and Valiant had only just gotten his own sister back. Seeing Vairë lose one of her own was heartbreaking.

"Man journey?" he asked, his ears flicking forward. "Arrluk is... he's sun man and moonwoman's boy, right?"