Ouroboros Spine sure would like some sweet company

kukutux lay her head back upon the bank, listening. ruenna had the place of leader, but not the freedom of the name given by a blood-tie to the land. she saw in this that her counterpart was caught in her own place of difficulty. "when i am no longer moonwoman, it will be sialuk who takes that name. but if she does not wish this, then moonglow must make the choice of someone else. and it may not be a son or a daughter of ostrega."

this was not a fate she wished for her village. kukutux saw the merit of holding a line through descendants.

and yet it did not seem that in the caldera this had been established. only done. for now a redleaf helped to lead.

"are you treated in the same way as the redhawks, ruenna?" she inquired, wondering if worse things went on beneath that ulaq than was realized.