Lion Head Mesa Earthly scene

All the servile afforded was a little despair, it was a default. But the fellahin of Akahsingo had faith, and Eset the good grace of Hathor. They were not to decay with fear of what may never come.

“You won't. And I am not going anywhere,” it was her own pledge. The Queen would protect them. Eset would protect Inji. “Tonight we will pray together for Queen Toula.”

And a few inches down from their paws, a flicker of red soil under flat stone. She uncrosses their bodies to kick fragments of rock away revealing the clay for their harvest.