Ouroboros Spine raptor wrangler

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"my mom is nice. my dad is great. it's — well, it's my sister, ceridwin. she wants me to come home. and i thought i would, too, you know, but —" 
everything had gone wrong after she'd left, and now — now she had kivaluk.
kivaluk, a home, a role, a den, the stars. the stars.
the starglow which filled his eyes now; the way he looked at her, the way it made every part of her wake up, every hair follicle, skin contracting, gaze darkening, face burning.
"what do you want in a wife?" chickadee asked him in a voice that wished to be bold but was only a whisper.