Redsand Canyon temptatio

he remained controlled.

germanicus was unsure if she had scratched the surface of his pride or a truth that he had held close to heart until this moment.

before he had been a ranger. and now those memories flooded him like silt at a riverbottom, filling his mind with a thousand thoughts of crowfeather and then the lance-point of how they had ended.

a home. he was not even sure mereo was a home. it was a point of operation and one he had thought might satisfy his heart.

but one marriage and four children who wanted little to do with their birthplace boded unfairly. he saw the spectre of it fall over his future with fennec.

the imperator continued his tight stallion's pacing. 

"reyson is working hard in akashingo for the privilege of leadership here. but he has begun courting a woman from epoch. and as it is doubtful she will come here without straining relations, he may depart all the same."

germanicus spoke only to speak. his mind asked pointedly if he had ever invested in this earth.