Ouroboros Spine renaissance

Ipiktok felt the change in Grandmother’s tone. Many sad things had passed while he’d been away. An aunt had returned to the dancing lights… and judging by her mood, the loss had been unexpected and sad.

Then, he heard his mother’s voice and his expression grew bright again.

“Anaana!” his deepening, changing voice greeted her.

He, too, broke into a gallop. “My journey has been completed. I have come home,” he told her with pride.