Two Eyes Cenote Reason of State

it was a wedding gift better than she could have imagined. something that she knew she had wanted, to protect Akashingo—but to hear him hear her, she looked at him anew. the fire in his voice mirrored the thing that stirred in her gaze as she looked up at him once again. 
for every wrong we might do, she breathes, promise me that we will then seek to do a dozen more things right. they were Gods. and even from him did she not expect perfection, though she thought she saw it! 
she leans lovingly toward him. I think that… you and I, together—that we are destined for great things. no, I know it—and I have known it, from the moment you first sent your message to me, I believe. she looked now at the cuff she scarcely took off. only in sleep did she do so, and bathing, so that it may maintain its integrity.