Two Eyes Cenote waiting on some holy favour

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Eset knew so little of childbirth, nor how it would progress. She understood some pains began faintly from an ordinary side cramp- but it was Nazli’s small size that made her nervous. She was so slight; the coy in her expanding in unnatural ways to carry Senmut’s wolf children.

Senmut. She could not imagine him without a stupid grin on her face stretching from ear-to-ear. She wanted to see him as a father- as a partner to his lover.

Then the birthing began. Eset endeavored to be useful, but she was not so effective without the steady presence of her doctor guiding, instructing; which herbs worked best for which pains, and at which point in time she should administer them. She’d been alive for more than two years and was still learning what a woman’s body was capable of. She remained close, attentive, at Tavina’s directive and Nazli’s beck and call.

She prayed to Bes, the goddess of childbirth, over and over again, and hoped she had the power to loosen a woman's womb long enough to carry children into the world.

In the end it was not children, but child. A sole child; a daughter.

Eset had brought replenishing mixtures for mother; revitalizing herbs for Tavina, and once she sensed her presence no longer needed, had slipped out into the hallways to act as a lady-in-waiting. She was met by the Erpa-ha on his way into the birthing chamber, her eyes trailing her friend in warm silence.

She understood then that no amount of preparation would ever be enough. How could it?