Ouroboros Spine nanuum ∾

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valiant. she thought of him often; he had been searching for the missing lynx girl and he had not come back.

her mouth twitched. it was hard then, too, not to consider rhaegal.

why did sedna turn moondoe's path so sharply, in so much pain? 

why had she done so for ariadne? kukutux fretted anew over the spirit name, rolling her shoulders beneath the pretty whitefox wrap. it was old, however, falling apart; she wanted a new one, but more than that, she wished wolverine fur, seeing its warmth in her eyes as she waited for the long nights of snow to come. so protective were the guard hairs that frost did not melt, she had once known.

it could not even be said that little fox had been taken by sedna. but ariadne had suffered all the same before she had chosen to come back. and she had come back! and still —

why had sedna done so to rodyn? he had observed her custom; he had upheld the ways of samani's people. even now he kept them. and samani! what had she done? 

she could not let go of these things. "yuralria. fast-learning girl," the duck said softly, her eyes shining despite the earlier thoughts. "will you be with me in the healing camp, when the hunting has come? or will you run with the others? you do not need to choose now," came the assurance, as she moved on slowly and invited the young one with her.