kaari koottam
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Kaari senses the world through chemoreceptors on its skin like a living tongue. It produces minor earthquakes when it flaps its tail in the muddy waters. A gathering of kaari is called kaari koottam, a gathering of loose tongues. At dusk you can hear them jumping in and out of the stream, silver flashes in the corner of the eye. There is a house next to the stream. There is a messy table inside the house with an overflowing ashtray, a half finished drawing, some crayons, an iPad, many glasses that are periodically and magically getting refilled with palm toddy. There is a huddle of bodies around the table, and there are conversations that are being livestreamed on Kaari the server.