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arunik'ra did not mind the questions -- not because it signaled a faithless degree, but because it showed the questioner had a vested interest in learning. the sunspear was always happy to oblige the pursuit of knowledge, so long as the pursuer was genuine in their thirst.

honey's next question the sunspear gave some thought to. she paused and trailed a paw along the ground, painting a tendriled groove into the scattered sand. "our ranks are different: there are the men, who carry duties for the health of the fold. the women carry duties for the health of the fold and for the pleasure of molech; and eshamun -- and once, i -- we bear our duties for the continued blessing of molech.

a woman's place in the malkaria can be wherever she deems it, so long as she is faithful to the all-consuming god. there is the baakar, which are the servitors and supplicants: they pray and maintain the vigil, tend to the shrine: they help with deliveries and are present at every ritual. and they, in turn, create their own ritual - the tophet. the tophet is the only way a baakar can become res drunak, high priestess."

did she wish to know what the tophet was? arunik'ra leveled her gaze to the woman, her expression somewhat severe.