Sun Mote Copse God Gave Heed to Her and Opened Her Womb

aside from the slightest tint of bitterness upon her tongue, eshamun was overcome with pleasure. "children," she murmured in a hushed whisper, though delight was writ into her words. asherah's excitement was palpable, infectious, and soon the ekar-aji leant forward and kissed the acolyte's cheeks. "you have blessed us!" soon there would be small bodies underfoot and the communal raising of young ones could begin in earnest, if other women in the tophet fell pregnant. 

"we must give you the best of food. tell me; the father? was it ar-khalba?" surely it was; eshamun could not fathom that the girl would take another lover. she seemed quite bonded to the man, and this the ekar-aji would allow, so long as it did not interfere with her duties.