Lion Head Mesa a prayer for rain

The girl pressed her luck. There was a softness to Satsu where Belen was concerned, but in that moment it was absent. The jodai was dead - and she was ordered to bathe?

Her jaw muscles flexed as she bit back her own response. Satsu refused the offer with a turn, and as she moved beyond, spoke differently: We must appoint a new jodai, see to it that the mazoi do not go seeking revenge. You know them by now; are any of such temperament?

Perhaps they did not yet know. Or they were neither inclined to care or - at worst - injured in the attack of the cougar as well. Satsu fluttered about trying to make up her mind.

Are others missing? Her heart hurt to think of Sabah's last moments.