Ouroboros Spine atiga-anun

He and @Ariadne dispersed from the village to the forest beyond, but there the thunder man could not linger. He could not turn his back upon his son, especially after the harmful words were spoken by @Kivaluk. After some words with Ariadne, a decision was made; she would wait in the woods for him and gather her own thoughts.

Upon returning to the village outskirts, Kaluktuk made it known that he waited now to speak with the man Kivaluk; he called to him as well as Kukutux, for permission to wait as long as it took. Kaluktuk would not cross the boundary of the village now that he had been so poorly received.

Agitation coursed through him. The hurt of things he had left buried. The scorn of people who once were like friends and family, but which paled against the loathing he felt from his own kin.