Ouroboros Spine Tell Me What I Don't Know

Goosebumps prickled the hair along his spine as he waited in silence, wavering between staying or going. There was something ethereal in the air, but the seafarer couldn’t decide if it comforted or unsettled him. Just as Njord was about to turn back home, a figure of pale white apparated from betwix the jade-colored foliage.

‘i greet you,’ she said. Njord regarded the woman who was cloaked in rabbit skin. “Ahoy,” he replied amicably, usual cheerful bravado absent from his voice. He paused a moment, knowing he should explain why he was on their doorstep. “Is this Moonglow…?” he asked tentatively. “I ‘eard about yer pack from a travel’r. Said you can see tha future… or know one’s heart.”

His ears orbited, questioning, wanting…