Rattleskin Redoubt orno

I went on a walk to clear my mind and came across Akashingo’s Hemet-nekheb, Toula. There were the finer details he would withhold for now, keeping them close to his chest. We talked, and she made me a Sphinx—a prince of her kingdom, his eyes shone like the fireworks over a lake; how it thrilled him to say that out loud!

I accepted. She wishes to make change within her land for her people—to usher in an era of peace and prosperity. He fell silent then, watching his father with curious eyes.