Ouroboros Spine Egilra

The adults were all focused on him but not in a way that he liked, the way that he craved most often; as much an entertainer as a boy could be, they were not gathered for his singing or his dancing, but for the terror in his eye and the swelling of his throat.

Thankfully the remedy that Kukutux offered was the real deal - also, that he had not overwhelmed himself with too much of a bad thing. Mojag remained afraid. He would know never to touch rabbit meat again, or anything like it.

Gradually the feeling in his mouth and throat began to ease, and he could breathe a little easier. As soon as he was allowed to - and a able to - hug his mother, Mojag threw himself in to Shikoba's fur and wept. The worst was over and now the boy was letting go of his overwhelming emotions.