Two Eyes Cenote ninety-second

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@Nazli slept.

senmut hovered.

he tore himself away with great effort, and today he had such a reason. swathed in a small piece of sheepskin, the priest quietly carried @Aiesha up through the polished hallways of muat-riya, to the still-dark morning and the span of the desert.

flowers readied for the golden light.

as it came, he sang, the invocation to Ra flowing out over the small ears and sleeping face; he cradled her in his arms, this tiny daughter of his, letting the soft hide fall away for a moment's time as the full splendor of the sun enveloped them both in dedication.

his song was full-throated, resonant.

back to her mother's side he carried the girl, sun-warmed and somehow glowing; he kissed them both and not until he stepped outside their door did his face slip into an expression of worrying sorrow and godly resolution.

word, sent to @Eset by way of @Inji: that he would implore the gods on behalf of the beloved priestess in a place outside muat-riya. fasting would be his crook. sacrifice his flail. 

it would be five days before he returned to nazli's chamber.