Ouroboros Spine hymn

there is a soft smile, genuine in it's nature and unconscious that tugs at the edges of kivaluk's lips as he answers, yeah, i do.

it turns mischievous a moment later; teasing.

did you neutralize all the dust bunnies?

he turns serious in the next moment, though, when she mentions hunting farther in the summer: a want to visit brecheliant and to see territories she hasn't yet seen.

yeah, kivaluk agrees. that sounds like fun. it threatens to bring to the surface his recent rumination on his abandoned quest to search for sakhmet but he pushes those aside quickly; not wanting to let it dampen his time with sorcha. and, he adds with a soft half chuckle of embarrassment. would help break me out of my 'homebody' shell.

though he would willingly argue ( to anyone and anything that would listen ) that if he was a homebody it meant he was content in moonglow ( and he was. very much ).