Ouroboros Spine kimmaktuk ∝

kukutux brought her gaze to rest upon zane as he spoke. she would have liked to be alone, but this was not practical with her injured leg. the cavesite beckoned, and she urged him closer with a wave of her ivory plume. "this is a new place to me. let us see if anything has made this their home," the moon suggested, offering a tight smile that did not reach the expression of her eyes.

she ducked slowly into the dark, searching the hardpacked earthen floor for bits of bone and pebble and grass, for unseen tracks, anything that might suggest this place belonged to another. the duck found nothing, however, and turned to search for zane in the small darkness, wondering if the true was same for her kinsman.