Lion Head Mesa djed

The whole conversation about the 'garden' and 'growing things' went over Charles' head. He wasn't too sure what to make of it all and honestly did not understand what it was all about. Thankfully, nobody asked him about it either. Lilitu asked him if he'd been in Akashingo for long, and Charles shook his head. He quickly swallowed the berries he'd been eating and said, Just a few months. Then Lilitu seemed to struggle with the berries. As she coughed Charles said, Yes, they take some get used to. He smiled, torn somewhere between looking playful and a little mocking, before he answered her other question. It is very nice here. It... He hesitated, looking as though he was perhaps not sure how to phrase the next bit. .. Is very nice to be taken care of. The luxury was definitely a selling point of Akashingo.

Then Ramesses went to business, of course. Charles thought again of how Ramesses wanted him to leave even though he had just arrived. It stung to think about. It sounded as if there was some chance they would not have to. The way that Ramesses told the story, it sounded as if they could totally choose what they wanted in the end. Charles did not understand all that Ramesses said because his eloquence meant that there were many words Charles didn't understand altogether too well. 'Consummation' or 'bearing fruit' all meant little to Charles, but he understood that there was a chance to stay here. He was not too confident he would be able to arrange and rule a place such as Akashingo himself, so unless Lilitu was a much.. stronger ruler, the coywolf saw too many risks in that plan.

So he said instead, That sounds good. Do you want us to move, or is it also, ah... He tried to find a way to ask if it would be beneficial, remembering Ramesses use the word but not knowing exactly what the word was in the moment anymore, or how to use it in a sentence, of use for Akashingo if we stay here? He glanced at Lilitu, also to see how she'd respond to the suggestion that she may return to Brecheliant, which was presumably her own pack.