Ouroboros Spine Allagí

didn't he know? chickadee would have thought everyone knew, with how proud kukutux was. "uh, wellllll," she started with a grin, sauntering over the ground littered with autumnfall. "kivaluk asked to court me, and i said yes. and i guess," she rushed on, "it's like, this whole process here, you know? with gifts for families, and dowries, and a bride price, which i think are the same, but i'm not sure."
now chickadee swung her glittering smile toward antigone, hoping that — hoping that maybe her friend would have something warmer to say than her own sister had shouted the day kivaluk met her family for the first time.