Two Eyes Cenote Threadsnake

She did smile then, earnestly. Work; it was a great unifier. Eset found she had so little in common with those who lacked such passion.

“They are not so mutually exclusive. But I admire your dedication to your task, and I will continue to support you throughout your career, so long as it is your wish to serve the kingdom of Akashingo.”

“My dam was coyote. My sire, wolf. I am like neither of them,” a parting then, Eset drew a breath of hot desert air and felt the stirring of her hackles. “It is harder to be different. But sometimes I think it is a good thing. You see from your own perspective. You have already blazed your own trail, Safiya.” The first of her siblings to do so.