Lion Head Mesa A whole new world

Ashikaga latched to her.
The boy protested, and so Satsu looked to him and began to perform her duties as mother: cleaning, kissing, holding close. She had to adjust to the feeling of being supped upon by tiny mouths and it was disturbing to the queen, but she found comfort in the little faces she had borne, and their voices, and their smell.
But she was not only their mother — she was queen, as as such she could not always tend to them.
Do you think Ramesses wishes I return to court? She asks the air, intending for Tavina to answer. The other woman was more versed with the way of Ramesses' world and what was to be expected. She had been one of the many voices calling for Satsu to name a nursemaid; but she had yet to do this, feeling so strongly connected to her children.