Ouroboros Spine He'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work

moonglow changed, grew, quieted.

arrluk hunted a bride price for ajei. sialuk had gone from moonspear, and she did not know how long the mountain would stay claimed by moonblood.

moonsong. moontide. now moonspear.

but what a time it had been. she clung more fiercely to such memories now, reliving them on the small walks she tended now to take alone.

waawaashkeshi had been gone a long while. the searching for children and woman had at last faded, though still her green eyes looked when she trailed the great bear herself.

"it is good to see your face," said the duck with feeling when she had come upon the girl, young still to her ageing sight, but changed. "you are well?" kukutux wished to ask why she had gone, and where, but she did not.

her granddaughter also — the spirits had led her to other paths.