Two Eyes Cenote is that it? are you not allowed to talk?

‘Our’, he’d said, and she peers at him gratefully. Already the mazoi was keen on taking ownership of his position here in Muat-riya. It proved to the hebsut just how much he cared about their customs and respected their home.

“She is a Goddess living among mortals; our link to the godhead. She is worshiped in the same way we would any other God. It is appropriate to use her proper titles: Holy one, divine, majesty, highness, and to bow upon greeting. But do not let it worry you, lord Stark. Pharaoh Toula is a goodhearted ruler. Understanding. She would not reprimand for innocent mistakes- especially from those still learning the courtesies of her culture.” Though Eset was growing confident that Stark was too diligent to succumb to a careless slip-up.

She could not say the same of Rashepses, however. Something about the consort set her on edge, though she’d never witnessed cruelty first-hand. He had the look of one who wields the lash.

“You will adjust in no time,” she offers reassurance in a flicker of sunlit eyes.