Ouroboros Spine nukatpiak

He did not get far the second time. Kivaluk came upon him from behind, having gained ground while Kigipigak was idling and watching the horizon most likely; he chuffed, and Kigipigak swung his head to look upon him.

At once he saw his wife in the darkness of his face, the tapering of his young body. Kigipigak did nothing for a beat of his struggling heart. When he responded it was with a chill he did not know he possessed, with the sharp edge of a wounded animal.

The women have gathered. He remarks, as if the boy has not already noticed. He does not say why, though he thinks he knows the reason.

This segues in to a simple question for his son: How goes your settling in?