Ouroboros Spine The seas part when they hit the floor.

Nuak. Sialuk knew that name, and she followed the family tree for his relation to her. But she did not truly know how they shared blood. There were many words for "cousin" in her mother's language. She supposed the most likely was that this was a son of one of her father's brother's. Then you are Anutikatiga to me, she said. This means 'cousin' in the language spoken in many places. Sialuk smiled then, glad that he had found Moonglow.

We are family, she said. Even without blood, the members of Moonglow were family. But Sialuk held a special place for those who shared a pedigree.