Ouroboros Spine I'll watch the night turn light blue

Warmth came to their ulaq in the form of three young pups.

Ariadne's children, anaa had said. Cousins. She had tried to like them at first, tried to join in their games, and even brought them each a small welcome gift in the form of a dusty feather or a freshly plucked spring flower. 

The day the snow-man came, the girl had hidden stiffly beneath the soft furs of anaa as their voices rose all around. Through wide eyes, she had seen the tears of the red girl and heard her distress, watched helplessly as @Nantahala too left the safety of anaa in favour of the strange man. 

Confusion and fear had grown and accumulated in a messy displeasure for their new denmates until, finally, she decided that they must leave. As dawn broke, Yuralria prodded her nose sharply into  @Nutuyikruk's ribcage, a low, vibrating growl in her chest.