Redsand Canyon Tether

germanicus heard the shift in lady ruenna's voice. this one might well be kept in mereo. "it was," he said of the woman's injury. the matrona continued to speak and he was surprised to hear the implication that akashingo might take her. it was along the line of his own thinking.

what germanicus had not expected was her mention of crowfeather.

did she intend a trade? or had she? he watched his wife shake her head.

he thought of belen.

"it was to avoid pharaoh that arsenio suggested she be brought here," germanicus said quietly. "it would be more fitting that she be taken the palace." a distraction. "i do not believe crowfeather's situation is dire. it is only that his injury is grave. it will be spring before he is able to walk."

two seasons wasted in the mesa. the eagle hoped that his pulse would subside. speaking the young ranger's name aloud had been necessary. but the sound felt odd and disingenuous. "i had considered making a trip there myself to see him." but now there was the matter of this stranger. she was not a prisoner. but he did not know where she might fit. "we might feed her and show her she may leave this room when she is able to stand." germanicus was rather out of his depth and discomfited by the memories now swimming in his mind.