Ouroboros Spine thorns

After Cen was dealt with, sequestered, and his family moved to a protected space, Raiyuk was moved as well to a visitor's ulaq.

There, he was visited by @Kukutux who spared no time as she cleaned his wound and worked to apply a paste. He flinched and squirmed against his own wishes, agitated and in pain.

I should have fought back. The boy lamented as he settled. The bite to his neck was deep and had begun to fester, even with the prompt attention. Cen had been smart to aim for the teenager during the altercation.

How could he consider himself a man, now?