Redsand Canyon Stand-off

it read totally fine to me, no worries!

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ajaw feels the tension rolling of sabah, but they are confident she will not disobey. this sunkissed canyon was tikal's ... but their borders were not established. interlopers were to be expected, and for now ajaw can excuse such trespasses; forgiving.

it would not remain so when tikal began to establish their claim in earnest.

frostbound gaze watches as the young woman draws nearer a few steps and speaks with great hesitance.

did she think they could not understand her" ajaw wonders.

or was it something else entirely?

she reminds them feverishly of timid things looking at them after their pack wolves were given the option: join, leave or die.

but as usual, ajaw feels no pity. they are not benevolent, not by any stretch. theirs is a mercurial temperament by nature.

the young one gives her name. sovereign. a hefty name for one so young.

a leader? or the hope of the one that had shaped her?

questions ajaw is not sure they would have the answer to.

this one is called kuhul ajaw by this one's people. but this one also accepts ajaw.

a pause, now that introductions were gotten out of the way.

what brings you to this suntouched canyon?