Redsand Canyon lioness

"i once was chief royal tactician in the palace, great one."

it was his mastery. he watched it imparted to her now in deft strokes.

her mind saw as many details as his own. he knew the places outside akashingo which she had also included.

to her map he added a second path which diverged from the main artery which carried a traveler to mereo: he marked the vale. "this is epoch. if you wish to ever have relations with them, you will never go there. your father dealt wrongly with them."

and he had followed in stead when it came to belen.