Ouroboros Spine zodiac

The boy had taken notice of a new scent upon aaka, and when he managed to slip away from his sisters he followed that scent until it was very strong. When he came to a man's ulaq he stopped to observe the area and listen to the wind as if it might hold answers, but the voice of Black Bear was silent.

As time moved along, Tautukpik became distracted by the flit of birds, and their calls to one another. He watched a butterfly lob itself drunkenly between blossoms. When he caught movement from the ulaq, his attention affixed again.

He saw a large pale figure — and immediately thought of his aapa. Was he home? Was he going to come back to them? Tau rushed to the ulaq with his heart in his throat.

Standing there, he did not see his father, but the stranger @Kannoyak.