Luneshale Pass Heavy as the weight in my chest, oh, this seldom dread

the waif spoke; a mother.

senmut recalled the guardians to his own flank.

the gilded sea.

"an ocean of flame beneath the eye of Ra," senmut said, turning appreciative eye on the sands, and then back to her. reverie. 

"this is an outpost for the kingdom of akashingo, led by queen toula, Divine Wife to the Gods, She of the Scarlet Road." her titles, innumerable; his devotion, clear.

"do you only seek passage?"