Ouroboros Spine Pandora's box

I assume that with her mother's blessing Kausiut is staying with Moonglow as a visitor for the time being.

It felt as if the world had become smaller to Kausiut. She had spent months in an open terrain and treeless landscape, where only snow-capped mountain ridges on one side and saltwater pools and lakes on the other bordered the realm of the Walrus hunters. Returning to Moonglow felt as if being put within confines of four walls after enjoying limitless freedom. Well, not as bad as that, but adapting to this was not easy.

She also soon realized that she was no longer fit to traverse up and down the terrain - her crippled foreleg that had not bothered her at the coasts, now protested and ached at the new physical strain. Therefore, while she rested and figured out, what to do next, Kausiut found a cozy place at the foot of the mountain. There she slept and there she observed the other villagers from afar.

Only once did she climb up to find an old stash of her toys - most that she had treasured as a child had lost their appeal. The items that had once spoken to her, were silent now. They had lost their voice. Out of a whim, however, she picked out an odd shaped rock and a tiny, dried up fish, which she brought back to her "hut". During the waking moments, she spent time, lying on her side and staring at the rock, as if willing it to talk to her again.