Redsand Canyon muqaddima

She could venture to the arena to see how the training went, if it persisted, then go east as he explained to the forest and visit the trees there. It sounded as if he did not intend to join her. That was disheartening, given that Nazli was accustomed to following others around and rarely had any time to herself. She was certainly out of practice being her own person (if she had ever, even once, had that chance); so when the girl realized all of this, she looked a little forlorn.

Perhaps I will take the crown prince there, later. Nazli wondered if that would make Makono happy.

For now... If it pleases you, she was not used to asking for things, and did not want to overstep, or to say the wrong thing, or make wild insinuations somehow - ... could you direct me to Lady Aquene? I am uncertain of where I should find her.

She knew of the housing, of course. That Mereo divided itself up the way Akashingo did. However, there was also a utilitarian space for each job: the sparring pits for the soldiers, the punishment ground next to the oasis for those that did wrong (she presumed), so there must have been other spaces for those with less physical jobs.