Ouroboros Spine Say you'll miss me when I'm gone.

the mention of his siblings brings a swell of pride within the mother's beating heart, and gently she chuckles in that soft and warm tone she reserved for her children. "yes, a sister and a brother. ajei takes after you, in some ways." the best ways, she ought to say. the mention of his prolonged days away from her only cause the woman to sigh and offer her son a comforting sweep of her muzzle against his body.

"do not apologize," she'd encourage him softly, "i am glad you are here to see us." but her son hsa grown, and there was much to discuss, to learn, to remember and hear. so quietly, shikoba would step aside and encourage mojag back into the homeland once again. "come, you must tell me of your travels and your days by the ocean." an invitation to return home, if just for a short while if he would allow for such an event.