Otter Creek Bennu

A woman’s voice called out to him, teasing in her tones. The man wondered if she had been lured to the edge of the water by the scent of deer, too. Amethyst eyes were trained on the terrain in the distance. It would be easy for the deer to cross the flat terrain. In the trees, there were more places to ambush the herd and snare a weaker or slower target.

It is much too cold for many things, I think, Bayek answered her.

Siwa had been a place of warmth and sands and sunlight. Even winters did not bring snow. They only shifted the dry air to a sharp, frigidness. Frost would collect on the foliage. The Mazoi man would have traded their terrain for that familiarity.

Did you smell the deer?