Luneshale Pass fifty-fourth

senmut wiped his mouth from retching. "why do you test me, Life-giver?"

in shame did he cover the mess with sand, slumping down some feet away.

Amun said nothing. 

senmut did not think that he would.

softly he sang akhtar's hymn in the night air, willing Khonshu to show His brilliant face in guidance for the lost priest who knew himself too weak to be pharaoh.