Ouroboros Spine kimmaktuk ∝

she did not agree, but sensed that this would be all that zane would give. and she could not ask for more, such was the contract between them. he would stay until it was home no longer, and then he would go.

suddenly wearied, as much by their conversation as the limits of her own body, kukutux tucked her paw closer and folded a pale plume around her haunch. "if you will do this thing for me, zane: please go to the mountain that once had the name of moonspear. bring back word if any strangers have settled there." a temptation in her, rising, to drive them off. it was a grave now, as was the glen and the glacier. she would not let it rise in sorrow again.