Ocean's Breath Plateau seventy-third

likewise did senmut hear the tones of loss, and ascertained that at this time, rodyn would not be suited to racharra. his older age gave stability, but what aspects of his soft memory were shown might certainly relegate a new wife to a lower status. 

where had she gone, this queen who captured the heart of the moontide man?

senmut thought it doubtful, too, that rodyn would leave such a home to travel into a land foreign to him, to stay and to be wed.

"indeed it was a feat. such devotion ensured more than wealth, but loyalty." a shining smile wreathed his mouth. "i was most taken with the bison hide, which you took upon the great hunt, i believe. i have sunstones from our desertlands, still touched by the warmth of Ra."