Ouroboros Spine kimmaktuk ∝

kukutux flickered into a soft laugh. "i did not share your name before i made your meeting. we talked of husbands. lane wishes someone who is not so — who has not put down roots, as a tree." for he had not; he remained a part of moonglow but at its edges.

she hoped this would not be so forever. "children do not tie a marriage together," kukutux murmured softly. "so you see how you were my choice for lane. there is growing that can be done upon the same path."

duchess. pleasing. she blinked slowly. "a man who does not put me in front of his bond to moonglow," the duck said, offering a wan smile as she quieted.