Ouroboros Spine tapvani ⦲

kukutux listened.

it was not so different from moonglow, only that she had given their sivullik more control in her own absence of a husband. and she was not strong in the way that kigipigak meant.

"a path forward may not always be what we have known before," the duck commented lightly, but it was all she would say. despite her own curiosity. despite her own wanting to know if he only meant that a woman could be issumatar.

she watched him descend into the brew.

"stay here for a little time longer. then we will go to the lake."

such a boy to respond as he had done! blushing, avoiding the talk of it at the end, though he revealed much always. kukutux smiled inside her own heart.