Lion Head Mesa forty-second

her devotion forced his hungers to make themselves known, that kernel of ambition which had lodged itself beneath his heart at his ascension and now fed upon her adulation.

having at least one fully loyal to him should not have pleased the erpa-ha, and yet it did.

not to possess her, as one might have done with such praise; she was of the sand, the wind, the earth. an elemental spirit and one in whom he sensed a great deal of power.

"akashingo is blessed to have such a zealot." as am i, the bright green of his eyes said.