Ouroboros Spine akiguk ∺

raimo. the man's mention solidified an amorphous thought that had come to kukutux' head, and one rooted in her perception of self. through the past many days her body had forgotten the awakening it had come to upon the mountain. now as she healed, her skin had begun to remember. 

the thought stirred and worried kukutux; her jadestone gaze tightened a moment, but the ripple passed as she watched zane for a long moment. he did indeed have a face that would tell falsehoods. but it was also a face that had a untameable air about it, both wild and uncultured hunters. a wave of her pale plume. 

"you have shown me that you have worth. now i wish to hear of where you came from." he knew of her origin, and that she was bereft. kukutux had come to claim his own story in repayment.