Ouroboros Spine uuquchiingix̂

"there was once a first village moonspear on the mountain, where sialuk is leader. it was where i lived. one day a great star fell from the sky. it struck the village. it killed many. others were never found."

the duck closed her eyes, path familiar and sun-warmed beneath her steps.

"i was hurt. one brother of the mountain found me and brought me to this place. i waited. sialuk at last came down, then another. but no one else of those i had known came to me. moonglow came from waiting. i waited for moonspear to tell me it was dead. but it had never died. and your ittuq, he waited for me. this village was built on honoring the dead and the love sun man saw in himself for moon woman."