Redsand Canyon eagle

is the immediate benefit to me not you, imperator?

her brow arched, good nature in her lapis gaze now that they stood beyond offerings.

if i build with you, i go home a stronger soldier and diplomat than any body within the palace of akashingo. her gaze turned along the path to look upon mereo. mereo was my first emissary trip. now i train alongside the bodies of it as crown prince and soldier.

her gaze would come back to him, as it always would in his presence.

tell me what isn't an immediate benefit to me, imperator.

she smiled and in that rare moment it reached her eyes.