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At first she had no answer. She was struck by how he spoke so openly and with such disdain for her role, but she had to reason that he did not understand Akashingo, he was not one of them. That was alright. She fidgeted a bit and finally swallowed a piece of bird that she had been carefully chewing.

What is unfair? She wonders aloud, finally. I was not born with royal blood. I come from no line of priests, so I cannot be a hemet. I was born... there is a place within the palace that is dark and frightening, called the catacombs. She had never spoken of it to anyone except Makono before, and in that last instance she was a child, who thought it fun to explore the place.

I come from nothing, but through service I can become... Something else. Here was a moment of clarity, for had Senmut not already spoken of such a thing to her? How oblivious she was! Her face was redder, and her eyes took on a shine. It was not the right way to comport herself around a visitor and so Nazli tried to subdue herself.

I enjoy my work. Tell me - do you enjoy yours? Being a soldier, being rigid in all things? I do not know if I could do that. It sounds less.. free, to me. But they lived very different lives indeed.