Ouroboros Spine pałuqtaq

kukutux had given to him a skin of various medicines for marina, and he was relieved to have it.
he had wrapped the torn declaw and it no longer bled. he was about to turn back for the border when the trailings of a song came to him.
ariadne? was it so? he laughed in surprise, for then he no longer owed her mother the debt of finding her. but it was a more solemn mien which greeted the returned daughter. he did not sit.
chakliux was not angry. the shadow upon his face was was worry and relief, surprise and questioning, and perhaps a touch of frustration. "it is good you are home."