Ouroboros Spine alivâpuk ⩷

aya, what a thought!

she considered telling sialuk of the seal hunter, but decided that such things must remained under the tongue, to be brought out another time. "i was not yet a year. my mother took me to visit her sister's people. they hunted the walrus. our journey was long, and we walked upon the sea ice for many days."

"finally we came to the village of the walrus hunters. it was large! twice as many ulax as our home. the chief had three wives. my mother's sister gave to me the teeth of a great fish. they sang for us. we stayed a whole moon, and i learned their singing, to take home with me."