Lion Head Mesa pestilence

tavina sat close at hand. she cleaned maegi's body while she slept, sopping blood and birth from the white fur. the children were given to pharaoh's jewel. when the noblewoman awoke in pain, the sesh was there to offer water and poppy, and the second time a meal.

she kept maegi there, in a healing, narcotic dome, and if she had been religious it would have been in these hours that she prayed.

i'm here, maegi.