Two Eyes Cenote ninety-sixth

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"if it serves you, the man germanicus is also dead."

it was not sensitive; he was not sensitive in this moment to the emotional aspect of the stranger before him. eset lay bleeding, injured beyond her flesh; the deadness lay in her mind. if her ka remained bound, her ba roamed between this world and the next.

in this moment, senmut tasted his own fear and almost choked upon it.

no. he did not feel kind but the natural inclination of a priest to see pain, to lay it gently upon an altar — it transformed the edges of his hard mien into something more observant. understanding granted without a word.

"in a place called moontide i sang for a young woman who had died. we will do the same for lilitu." she had been theirs, if only for a brief time. "akashingo should remember her name."

served time. he would let it for now. "i do not seek your apology, ruler-in-the-valley," a notation that akavir had not said where. "i seek to understand in brief explanation your relationship with our hebsut. as is my role, i have sent a report including your name to our pharaoh and her consort, you understand."

speak plainly or evade absolution. "my duty is to eset and to her protection. i am aware of what went on, as you know. there need be no discussion of things related to — medicine." or midwives or miscarriages. "i want only to know what investment you have in her that you appear to be so far from home and i question to what end your investment might be, given the clear distaste you have gathered for our kingdom."