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her eyes turned to the young girlcub, filled with curiosity. Toula looks proud as the girl moves in short, regal steps—so different in movement already than she had first arrived! the Queen saw the great care in that alone, and felt her heart fill with the emotion of it. but it swelled as the girl tore into the thing she had brought—
the beautiful gems clattered on the floor, and Toula openly marveled at them. the stones were the color Toula oft saw reflected back at her in the stillwaters of Akashingo and places beyond. 
Toula was awed, and robbed of the ability to speak for a long minute. and when she looked to both the girl and Eset, her eyes had misted over. they are so beautiful, Nebet! I will treasure these, forever, and never forget it! it was the truth. they were beautiful as they were—Toula would never change what nature had made and Racharra had delivered to her. 
how could she thank the young girl? and Eset, who surely had a hand in this! Toula would find a way! she lay the gems neatly alongside her throne, where she thought the light might best hit it to further enunciate the colors of her own gaze. but it was a place she could also always look to, to see them and remember this act of love. she looked back to the girl, asking, what do you think of their placement?