Lion Head Mesa save the last dance [wp]

The question of a boulder brought a hum. “It is in the training grounds, near the tablinum… if a soldier breaks Germanicus’s rules, then a punishment might be requiring the soldier to push the boulder from one end to the other and back, taking breaks as needed… it is how I met my husband. I tended to the extreme fatigue and soreness it brought him.” She admitted, remembering it fondly despite the circumstances. Kallik had been punished for laying with a woman, taken by his youthful passions… but she had not known him at the time. Germanicus had established the rules that the soldiers were not to fornicate lest the other be taken as a spouse, and they reside within Mereo and so it had been.
 
Once upon a time the idea of marrying had made her sick to her stomach.
 
It felt almost dangerous to speak of the unease this party and Akashingo as a whole had left her in… instead, she listened to his words. “I will be suggesting it myself when we return and I tell him of the party’s details… the relation would only strengthen the bond, especially since we do not know what dangers might linger around the corner.” There was a hint of sadness in her tone at the mention of it. She still felt responsible for losing Epoch as an ally, and she’d prefer to be able to bridge the gap she felt they had left.