Ouroboros Spine Windsong and Sunshine

She was no longer that girl.

When she walked into her home village, it was with a comfort wrapped around her. The feather from White Elk spoke of her growth upon returning already! She meant to tell her mother her plans, but not yet. She would not smother the strife with talks of men.

Only she found one, familiar and aged in ways different than herself.

Bear hunter, She greeted him warmly and wondered what he would see when he looked to her. Perhaps the face of frustration from a girl who had been so upset with a man for fulfilling his duties to village and wife.

Perhaps he would see her composure now, too.