Ouroboros Spine Egilra

Once she had found the herb, Samani wasted no time in returning to her mother and the young boy.

As her figure raced into view, the moon child padded toward Kukutux and placed the herb at her paws near to where Mojag sat. He still looked as though he struggled to pass air through his throat and into his lungs. Samani felt her chest grow heavy with worry. How could she have done that better? All she had wanted was to share a moment with the young boy, to offer him a taste of something he’d probably only tried once or twice before.

Shame burned at her cheeks. Samani waited for her mother to complete the healing so that she might apologize to the dark-furred boy. Based on the limited talk they’d had, she wasn’t even certain that he would understand such words.