Lion Head Mesa a prayer for rain

She is silent.
Thinking of her mother, Satsu wanted to feel sorrow. The loss of her brothers had been hard on her - and the loss of her father. To not dance with her mother was a sad thought, but it also felt distant. The losses were many, far-off things.
Sometimes, I am surprised by thoughts of her.
She smiles despite the sentiment of her words.
We did not get along well. I was always very boyish, which she found greatly disappointing; she was always very traditional too, and her lessons were hard. She would be very surprised to find me now a queen.
Of course these were thoughts Satsu believed wholly, but they were not the pure truth. They were colored by her own experiences. If there was love between the mother and daughter it had died long ago.
I think if she were to meet Ramesses, she would be appalled. Laughter, then - pouring out of Satsu in a bray she could not hold back. He is so different from the men of my home. From my father.