Ouroboros Spine sun of the houses

"your mother was my cloudberry sister in this village once."

she still is in her heart, for shikoba could never remove such a prominent figure. "i was present for when you and your siblings were born here, fjall."

she had protected löté from adrastus when he chose to soil their sleeping place and slink away into the night. she was there to ascent as first hunter and guard the family her sister had forged. and when shikoba came time to deliver mojag and his spirit-walking siblings, the dove was present to return them to the soil.

with a brush of her shoulder against her husband's, shikoba would come to make her way down to get closer to the boy. she would watch her steps carefully in hopes not tripping up during her descent. and when she was able to come close enough where she no longer spoke loudly, she would say to him "you have been away for some time."