Lion Head Mesa a prayer for rain

Satsu had slipped outside the palace, thinking herself free of her guard for a time. When nobody was watching she let herself feel the sickness she had been hiding. One of the fast-running birds hurried out of the path; the smell of its feathers brought a new nausea to the queen, and after she threw up, she hastily buried the results beneath the sand. Now she sought something to cleanse her palate, so that she could hold this secret close for a while longer.