Lion Head Mesa should have worshipped her sooner

"those who want the sacred items within, divine one."

toula's kind declaration was taken with a nod. she would go to visit the late queen and all would be well.

the ribbon of the serpent soon spread before them. there was a small place fifty paces along the bank where spread a roil of silver sand, different from the red of the palace grounds. he led her to it and then looked at the divine child, showing her where he had set blue stones in a spiral upon the paler grains. "it is only the beginning."