Ouroboros Spine Tlatehiin

All at once things came flowing from Tautukpik. His guilt had eaten away at him, and his trust in Big Sister was all he had left. Looking now at his grandmother the boy burst in to tears and was a puddle at her feet.

Nutu went to hunt for aaba! Aaka went to hunt for Nutu! Buh that was - sniff - that was sleeps ago! He wilted, wailing. T-two big sleeps maybe? Th-three? I'm sorry! What could he do?

Would they ever come back? Was the last conversation he'd ever have with his mother be a lie? I be good! I be good... He wept and curled in to a ball. Please come home aaka.