Ouroboros Spine jump then fall

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letting akmaaksi, @Lightfoot, and @Yuralria lope ahead of her, kukutux paused to glance for nantahala. the girl's moroseness worried her; the duck knew her own heart had been shattered, but it was no cause to allow such pain its stagnation in their village.

"soon we will have a gathering with many others. you will come this time. we will all go summer hunting this year."

she gestured. "come. we are going to the lake. the hunters have brought a great elkhide and many of us must scrape it." though she could not yet smile, the grandmother's eyes were warm. "i will teach you to make soft hides, ones fine enough to trade."