Lion Head Mesa sarcophagi

"tell you —?"

but her voice trailed away as she saw nazli's pitiful little face. she spoke of her true purpose and tavina's heart sank. "because i didn't think of it," the sesh said plainly. "not because i was ignoring anything, but because you were a child and i wanted — you to stay that way."

seeing jawahir's disdain of their own children, seeing zakariya blinded and then lost to the world outside akashingo, tavina knew the palace would protect nazli. "everything you know is something you can use." her true purpose. the sesh was angered by herself.