Ouroboros Spine cryptic bones and ancient feathers

open to new life. and she had gotten her scars in guardianship of another. these things brought shikoba up and up in moonwoman's eyes. she would follow, and be taught through their stories. "come first to my ulaq. that is the name for a home here, where you make your sleeping-place. more of them, we say ulax." eyes brightened to teach already, but she would not say more. perhaps shikoba had more questions.

warrior-woman; she stood aside and prepared a path for them through the pine forest. sivullik was not here to carry on his questioning, and moonwoman; "it is good that you have come now. an evil girl came to us. she left these," and here the duck paused, to indicate the healing scars from the base of her eye across her own muzzle, narrow, precise.