Lion Head Mesa i keep digging myself down deeper

Khaba was here? This came as a shock to Nazli and for a moment her expression betrayed her. She managed to temper herself after-the-fact and wasn't sure if Zaahira had taken notice. She could remember the escape from the palace that fateful night - and living at the lakeside, on-edge. Hopefully her friend fared well, even if he was locked away against his will! Nazli was mortified.

Zaahira had other questions and it took Nazli a second to catch up, and then her answers held a distracted, lightly distressed tone.

I... had to go. The lady of the lake, the one Khaba favored so much, was... not what I expected. Besides that, she had been a brutal sort of creature; preying on the halfbreed. I was born here, you know? I'd never... been so far away. It was too hard.

And now look! Khaba a prisoner, herself half-dead, everything changed. Nazli knew she would never entertain the thought of leaving ever again.