Ouroboros Spine [m] goldstone

making some assumptions!

the rabbit had been quite hard to catch, but in the end had the blackthorn girl triumphed.
several times she had seen kukutux lay out meat upon pieces of bark; she fumbled in front of the den she shared with @Kivaluk. her plating would not be half so neat, but on a low stump some feet from the shelter's entrance she arranged them and added rosehips.
she had heard the calls over moonglow, but they had not been for her. chickadee knew he had gone to answer them, but assumed this was only in his capacity as firsthunter. 
she waited.
the girl was half-dozing when she heard his step returning to their ulaq. she started and came awake, and warm, though her smile fell away to see the stiffness in his shoulders. rising and coming near, chickadee searched his face. she had lived with kivaluk long enough to know his emotions, she felt, but perhaps she was mistaken.