Ouroboros Spine not today

they held one another, and kukutux this time did not weep, but remained strong for callyope.

she had lost ariadne. stratos wandered the wilds. she was alone in her birth year, facing a time alone without the company of sisters.

tattilgat stirred as her own had, and kukutux let out her breath.

"it is a woman's secret. not even your father knows these names, callyope. they were handed from the first mother to us, and mothers keep them."

"even mothers who did not bear their young first from their bodies." 

moondoe inherited moonglow. if callyope stood as anaa to panuk, she would inherit the names of the twins.

the duck waited.