King Elk Forest the inundation

Hatshepsut preens the dirt from one fore-ankle as the grit of his voice sounds again. But she knows she can be slave to no man, not after Thutmose -- not when her heart was so joyously given to Senmut. She faces the dark wolf, then turns her gaze toward their distant destination, or perhaps not so distant given the alacrity of their tread.

"I shall go with you to look at the sea," the woman responds, but there is nothing to be said for her joining. She is not too proud to know that she will need others to buoy her own chances of survival, but Hatshepsut is arrogant enough to deny herself this till the last moment.