Ouroboros Spine sisuuk ⊹

"aukkaa," kukutux muttered unthinkingly. a blink of haunted jade eyes before she answered, belatedly, "they die and take my soul with them. i do not want to live without a soul."

another blink, tears brushing slowly from them. "aukkaa —" aya, this ugly circle to be caught within, "melt the snow. the bone cannot be — only rest will mend it. the snow," kukutux whispered, staring at moonspear, voice trailing into a voidless shock.