Ouroboros Spine [m] ⊡ ukaksitaak ⊡

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did valiant speak for death? kukutux searched the man as he spoke with the same earnest nature that had surely drawn vairë to him. while moonmother was inclined to disagree that agony would not deter cen, she stood with valiant on the matter of red leaf and her son.

they must be protected. 

valiant offered. vairë gave her words for the power of women against this man who had harmed one of them, and kukutux nodded once at this. 

aiolos rose to deal out the final order, but before his voice condemned the caribou hunter, another sang out. kukutux knew at once who this was, the darkshadow girl confused over her place in many ways. beloved by dutch.

she pleaded for cen, and kukutux watched as the prisoner's head moved toward her with sharp and visible relief. there was no lie, then. "sulukinak of village morningsong has spoken for cen lanzadoii."

she stood to stand beside aiolos, their shoulders brushing. "do you have understanding that if you speak for this man, you too are forbidden from the moon territories?" she could not control dutch's land, and did not seek to do so, but if sulukinak stood openly with a man who had harmed his own wife, there was no word for her which kukutux could give.