Ouroboros Spine Simulatte brawl.

"come to me then. i will speak with aiolos and with shikoba." honesty was precious to moonwoman. it was why she had meant such directness in her life.

the greenstone eyes were appraising. towhee had not wished a man before. but kukutux understood that these months often shifted the thoughts in one's mind.

"moonglow is large. we have many hunters. there is room for more children." she still did not know if her raindrop would take a mate, or if her cloudberry sister might leave the status of her marriage to aiolos for another.

"it is my want that you have a man in the village," kukutux said softly, but the roll of her shoulders indicated that she knew it would not always be this way. "if nyra had made a path to me first, i would not have forced this way for her." but that was not all of it. 

carefully kukutux went on, telling towhee of nyra's confession to war and to killing, as well as the long-held misgivings of aiolos as nyra was the leader of those saints. "moonglow is a place of new beginnings. new names. but you must be true after this, and she was not."

moonwoman turned, setting a slower pace back to the spine as she waited for towhee's response.