Lion Head Mesa passion

attn @Rashepses @Senmut @Harakhate @Thutmose @Sapair for reference!

Summer had brought to her the face of many Sphinx, and in the heat of it @Eset had brought to her the most curious of things to consider. one not even on her mind before then, but now, as passion would, had become an all-consuming thought. to not have even felt it, but to think of it... she wondered what that was. an unhealthy curiosity, perhaps. Toula, then being showed furs for her coronation, could not help but laugh at herself for the thought. fortunately, it had been in front of a particularly unbecoming one, and Toula shook her head in dismissal of it.
yes, let it be attributed to that rather than a young girl going crazy by the mysteries of passion! it had eluded her, for all this time, but now it made itself apparent. it would never be ignored again. passion was an entity, a living breathing thing, that demanded to be known now!
in the luxuries and the grooming of Thutmose and his thoughtfulness. in Senmut's new sentiments, and that vibrant flower that was only the beginning promise of something new perhaps to bloom between them. strangely, the Sphinx Rashepses who she had not yet met stood above the rest in her thoughts for all that he had brought... nevermind what the fellahin whispered of how very becoming he was! and the gifts he had traveled with... Toula had privately marveled at the goats, and the other things. Sphinx Harakhate and his own wealth was not to be ignored, nor was his goodly nature. she listened for his name as of late. and then, another new Sphinx too, who had one eye like a jewel and was a warrior as well.
Eset's words came to mind. and she thought of them each! Toula thought to renege on her word to the Sphinx Rashepses, but she thought that perhaps the coming to know him might be made even sweeter by their delayed meeting.
oh! she did not know! we will resume the fittings within the hour; it is time that I pray, she informed the party before her, who nodded their understanding. how fortunate for her that it was the hour she always sought Iset! and so she went, thinking that she also must seek out the fellahin as well who was, as Toula now saw it, the subject matter expert.