Lion Head Mesa For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

He spoke of the reeds. That was enough for Nazli to focus on and begin to calm down.

She moved to gather, then split one, and another. She was stricken as she worked - not quite trembling but clearly distracted as she first hurried to work.

If Akhtar noticed the way they'd both spirited off together, he gave no indication. Senmut stood beside her and appeared to work at the same task, which made it go along smoothly, though it would be a tedious bit of work not swiftly finished.