Ouroboros Spine dreaming

for @Nasamiituuq <3 dated for dec 15th!

maggak continued to wander. she liked it here, in this secluded sanctuary between the tall barriers. it was much cooler than the stinky saltwater plateau. she found herself often wondering why the people of village moontide liked it there so much.
she found herself now in the grove, with the distant sound of the lake lapping at the shore and half-melted snow dappling the earth beneath the trees. occasionally, she presses her flank to the trunks of the tall spruces, leaving hints of her scent here and there as if to say maggak was here.
a flicker of shimmering sundance caught her eye, and toward it she began to bound. she had never seen such a massive body of water! moonspear had glacier-melt and small creeks; this lake felt as if it might reach up from the ground and pull her under.
she steps toward the gravelly shoreline and touches her nose to the foamy, bobbing current. she wished acrux was here to see this.

Nasamiituuq did not often venture far from her mother and grandmother. On this day she was out searching for a gift for @Kukutux, not at all sure what she would find of worth to bring back but determined to find something. Something beautiful, she hoped.

But what she found instead was a girl who was oddly familiar. Her ears lowered when she caught sight of the pale figure, and she stopped in her tracks, standing and staring for a moment while she tried to puzzle out how she knew this girl.

Then she remembered. Moontide. Fear. Nasamiituuq's tail swept between her legs and she found that she could do nothing but stand in silent terror, eyes wide on the other girl.

maggak was no longer alone. there is a figure that approaches, and maggak recognizes her immediately.
there is no scorn, but instead a soft smile that lights her freckled face. what had happened between them was moons ago now, when they were both much smaller, and maggak did not want to hold a grudge.
hey! i remember you! she titters, shifting her weight from left to right on the balls of her feet. nasamiituuq, right? is this where you live?