Ouroboros Spine I'll watch the night turn light blue

Her cousin stirred and spoke and Yuralria pulled back momentarily to stare wide-eyed into the girl's face. It was not the bright expression she was used to seeing on Nantahala, no, this one's eyes were dull and narrowed as if the snow-man had sucked the very life from them. She could not allow that to happen to her sisters.

"Big man. Big an' bad," she tried to explain, a scowl forming as she pictured his face. From her perspective, the longer these children remained in their ulaq, the more likely he was to return.

"Go 'way!" Yuralria remained transfixed on the girl, volume raising to a shrill squeak as her upset came to a head. She was too young to understand the nuances of the situation nor the emotions that ran through her and her cousin, unfortunately resulting in kicking poor Nutuyikruk while she was down.