Ouroboros Spine kirnmitkuk ⊟

she nodded. "mojag made first-kill. he is the son of sivullik. stratos was next. they became hunters together." it was a good story to tell of how boys became men. the pride for each of them blossomed proudly in her tone. 

she heard his voice.

"make a meeting with my cloudberry sister in the forest, in the village of winterglade. she is trailwalker. perhaps she has wisdom of these herds." her voice was deferential. she did not want to affect kigipigak's pride.

kukutux was warm again. "you know what i will say, winterhawk." her tones teased. "by winter hunting, ariadne and callyope will be almost ready for ugiq. it would be a good thing if they looked at the sons of natigvik. it is good for our villages, and they will already not be strangers to each other. our ways are different," she deferred once more. "but our ways share many of the same ancestors."

it was a word for sakhmet.

but he was man. and his sons would carry his name as well.