Shadow Mountain siquidem

He immediately made to strip her of her status, to take all that she was and reduce her from that. Nazli had always been proud of her work - it seemed she was the only one.

It wouldn't do to be offended, she reasoned. Germanicus was an outsider of Akashingo and would never understand the pride she held in her work. He also wasn't wrong. Even while Nazli served the crown prince she would at most be a guest among the people of the mountains.

Hm, well, I... I suppose I could take the time to learn, so I have something to bring back home with me. She murmured, thinking about what she knew of Mereo; there were civilians and women there, and a rigid structure that differed from the palace. If Makono was to learn to fight, Nazli could learn her own fresh set of skills somehow.