Ouroboros Spine kisuk-kikuyak-iik

thread title means "aurora through clouds [clouds dispersing over dark sea]"

It was the evening but the sun had only recently set. Days lasted longer and longer of late, and in the darkness that came after the sky was so clear that Kigipigak could trace familiar stars overhead.

The children were fast asleep.

Kigipigak beckoned through the mouth of the ulaq to invite @Ariadne outside, as the couple had not had much time together since the ceremony for Little Fox.

The conversation with Amalia swirled in his head, and so did his time spent with Stratos (which I won't reference further because it's ongoing); and the Tartok man knew in his heart that something needed to be said.