Lion Head Mesa forty-first

Nazli was immediately smitten with the idea, of course. There was resistance only when Senmut said he could make all this happen - as a priest, how did he have such power?
She had to laugh; a strange, wheezing, airy sound that left her winded. Nazli calmed and waited for her heart to slow before she said, but how? Senmut, her voice was breathless.
I thought... Makono, she is surely angry with me.