Two Eyes Cenote You can't buy this fineness

a call? she had not felt anything like that. this remained her only use, her only way to be of value to her people and to a palace which had only ever done her harm; nazli remained loyal regardless of her history (perhaps to spite it) but there had been no word from on high or preternatural urge.
she smiled softly as these thoughts came, but she would not speak them. especially so here, where she was meant to prepare the temple.
i think... now she breathes, releasing ownership of those more dire thoughts and memories, letting her breath linger a moment as she really focused -
yes, we are meant to find our one true purpose. but that the means of which we can serve, the how and why, and who, and the details within that, can change. even that these things are expected to.
nazli had a moment that looked like clarity, then. the feeling came and went, replaced by a sensation like exposure, which made her want to retreat.