Ouroboros Spine ᐊ angutiq

attn @Wrath accidentally tagged others accidentally, please disregard ;-;

 
the morning was cool enough to sting her nose, warm enough that the herbs dried quickly in the sun. ippiksaut sat just outside her ulaq, grinding petals and softened bark against a smooth stone, mixing them into a thick salve meant for raindrop’s healing.

the scent of sea-lavender and crushed willow hung around her, sharp and clean. she worked with steady, practiced strokes, the small rock, a divot at the center, beside her already half-filled with pale ointment.

it was something to soothe the strained muscles, something to ease the skin, something to bless the body that had brought three sons into the world.

she paused only once to groom the furs from her face, mismatched eyes narrowing in focus before she bent again to her task.