Ouroboros Spine harvest moon

akmaaksi wanted to tell ipiktok that she was not only able to help, but skilled. rodyn had appreciated her time searching with him; perhaps this hunter too would see her abilities.

their relation in the sprawling family tree was odd to her. he was kin to vairë, her aunt's son. it made him cousin. but he was older, a man, and from some whispers, intended to be married. 

nantahala felt more a cousin to her. she placed ipiktok as akka, satisfied enough to be nuakuluk. quietly she stepped around the grandfather stone, finding a small path upward.