Lion Head Mesa kadat ∢ nesikh

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she returned home standing a little taller. she considered all that transpired, and thought then of the trespasser they kept. she learned of his tongue, and learned of him—
now, she did not think his behavior was against Akashingo entire. but still she sought to understand the route if it, and at least now she could put together enough of his words and he hers to grasp it. 
first she had food and hydrating drink brought to him. and then she set the stage—two stones, which she identified to him as himself—a grapevine was identified as her territory. he would know now that she was Pharaoh of this grapevine, Akashingo. she drew a line in the sand, and put his stone before it, watching to see if he had a sense of what she did then.