Redsand Canyon judicium

germanicus was very still as he stared at towhee.

his mind processed her crude words and consistent informality with a rapidly amused swiftness.

at last the imperator released his breath with a snort, a smile climbing his muzzle. towhee was as much a lewd soldier as any man with which he had ever served.

"i admittedly put kallik to the pressure of marriage knowing that he had laid with aquene before. he is angry with me, i believe."

but not so upset to quickly claim the rights a husband and a wife enjoyed in mereo.

"i am happy to hear your report of his abilities. it will serve him well when i find a place and a people for a pitched battle."