Ouroboros Spine Sweet Summer pie

"they are quiet, not so loud as the rivers. one day they will tell you all their secrets when your ears are ready to listen. we offer food and prayer so that the water flows and keeps us alive." a tradition shikoba kept when in the spine, moving a collection of crushed pine nut meal among other offerings to the riverside to honor the life the river continued to bring into Moonglow and into the heart of star hunter.

"moonwoman is your atchaga, in her tongue. an aunt, and her children are your cousins, your moon brothers and sisters. moonwoman and i are spirit sisters, she is very important and very wise." it made her heart glow knowing that her daughter had finally gotten to meet the other children. Ajei was such a shy little creature, Shikoba always worried that she wouldn't come out of her shell. and yet here she was, full of surprises. "did Massaraq and Arrluk play nice with you, my little Ajei?"