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in the moment where she falls against his chest, the world melts away. the cold of the coming wintersbreath, the pain that has lingered as his constant companion without the painkilling flora of tavina to soothe the very worst of it. he forgets machiavelli's presence still in the shadows. he forgets that he's defied a god on earth to find her.

gladly, he would bear the punishments for her. every day for the rest of his life, if that was what semer-wati decreed.

we went to war with the wolves that hurt the young safiya, he begins. the captain and i fought their leader i guess he is, meseba doesn't know and recalls only the pain and stench of blood as it rained upon the ground. flashes of memory were all that his adrenaline addled brain had been able to capture like rapidly snapped polaroids. jodai lingers between life and the hall of two truths. Anubis stands guard constantly, even as tavina works tirelessly to try to save his life.

there was so much to say and things he was afraid to forget. he closes his remaining eye for a moment, letting her frozen touch upon his cheek calm the furious race of his heart. [i]Semer-wati forbad anyone for searching for you. he attacked and imprisoned tavina for it. it is dire, eset. she came to me, entrusted me with this task ... knowing i would go for you, regardless of what it made me. of what it meant. for he loved her even if would never be reciprocated.

it is not safe for you to return, not nearly as safe as it would be if we knew for sure the captain will live. tavina suggested going to akashingo to wait for news, while Pharaoh and Semer-wati remain at Muat-Riya. but meseba was not making the choice for her. he would escort her and by proxy machiavelli anywhere they wanted to go: whether it was to the lion's den or to temporary safety.