Ouroboros Spine attukuanniyaila

several things shifted within kukutux, changing. the dread remained, but it had sharpened into something more.

spirit-talkers often found their sight young.

"look, tautukpik." she turned slightly, gesturing to the peak of moonspear. "that is a place, a village which is led by sialuk. she is sister to your mother. sialuk was born there in that place, and now it is alive."

"but once the mountain was dead. it was murdered. before it died, it lived, tautukpik. and i lived there too, in that first village, with my first husband."

she told him of the black bear, hydra, of the blackfox, jarilo; she spoke the names of those who had lived and those who had died, all save for that of grey brother.

his anger kept his name back from her lips.

but she thought it! revui! revui!

"the lands of our people are filled with spirits. if you can hear them, if they speak to you, listen. even if they call you little brother. it is for a reason."