Two Eyes Cenote oh, anytime.

yes, he was sick. a lie nestled in a half-truth. she wondered how many children in this world, at the mercy of the adults in their lives, met a worse fate than riley. 

poor riot; a child born into incomprehensible violence. his life so far had been nothing but a series of misfortune directed on a cosmic scale. a mazoi is a guard. this place — muat-riya, is a subset of akashingo. you would be well fed and cared for, and it will secure your future. or — she left the suggestion hang in the air for a time. you could try to find your own way, outside of the palace. but i would not advise it.