Ouroboros Spine iligaa⩷

no posting order! <3

now it came to this time.

with @Ajei, kukutux sat, and across a string of hides rested @Aiolos and arrluk beside him.

"it is a different thing we do this day. i speak for ajei as anaa," kukutux murmured softly. 

"ajei wants this man who has the name arrluk," began the duck in formality. "arrluk comes to ask bride price for ajei."

it had been known for some time, but she searched already for the happiness upon their young faces.

"we ask one wolverine pelt. six stoat. one seal. three white ermine. ajei asks for a fish from the tidepools of moontide. the fur of an otter, who is elder brother and given a good death after a hard fight. the roots of a willow-that-weeps, so it may be grown beside the grave of her mother shikoba."

a pause then, a look to her son. words must now be shared.