Lion Head Mesa I know you wanted me to stay

the woman was maneuvered into Akashingo proper, and Toula led them inward, to the cooler waters. summon the Sesh, she asked one of the fellahin, and another came with supplies she often went to, when assisting her. the woman was guided into the waters, though only their edge so that she might acclimate, and coaxed onto her belly. Toula thoroughly soaked a rabbit skin and placed it atop the woman’s forehead.
she had not yet overheated, at least she did not think so! but that was why she called upon an expert to diagnose, while she herself combatted the possibility of it… or perhaps that itself, if she were! Toula’s movements were slower, as she tired easily these days, but when she withdrew she looked to the pretty silver thing and asked, any better?