Ouroboros Spine got no bones

When the other spoke, Sidewinder abandoned his needle-picking and looked toward the speaker. “Spine wolf?” he asked, “Do you greet all of your pack-mates that way?” It was rather peculiar, and Sidewinder was not quite so keen on being named "Spine Wolf," even if it was just a nickname that attached him to the place where he currently lived. Considering Winder planned to leave in the springtime, he did not want to have a nickname based off some place like this. Now that his departure was legit, as far as Mordecai was concerned, he needn't worry about being open with his intentions to find his "brother" and his plan to leave once the worst of the weather was over.

He looked the other up and down, even here in the darkness. It was not somebody he had seen in Ouroboros previously, so he assumed it was a newcomer. Which meant that, by default, Winder held more authority than his nicknaming friend.