Qeya River metiche

her cheeks flushed!

senka was a hardy kind, but not outright savage. young children need that for first milestones. safety. it reminded her how the woman might band together back home, to tend to the children as a village when times were hard.

the children never understood these things until they became older.

the cliffs and lake block off the river's back. we watch the hills and meadows, we will be safe. perhaps it might bore the silver woman to hear such strategic talk, but senka hoped to provide comfort with this too.