Ouroboros Spine kakitlannak ⧎

it was dark when she came to @Shikoba.

"bring mojag to my hearth. let him sleep there for this night."

moonwoman was almost fearsome. she wore dark blood upon her forehead and carried a bone and a small body, a rat taken from the field.

she would lead firsthunter away, all the way to firemother. and there she would set down her things.

"mother spirits," she said to the red tree and those who listened. "this woman shikoba comes before you. she is ready to sing the death songs for her husband."

her somber jade eyes turned to sivullik. "tear the flesh of your wrist with your teeth. bring blood up."

and her heart was heavy, to do this again.