Lion Head Mesa crook & flail

"if you want to hold power, give the appearance that you do not want it. that you are reluctant to have it." it was a polished move of manipulation and it was partly how khusobek had become captain of the queen's guard beneath hatshepsuun — beneath her indeed.

the vestige of that tensed his jawline for swift moment and then it passed on. "love is far less structured than any arrangement. it can break them also." but now he was delving, and he did not want to do it any longer. "i am going to piss," the mazoi said as he rose to his paws. "will you keep watch for me?"