Two Eyes Cenote (BOO) Musō-ka

finally, through the resistance of the girl, there is doubt. it is not much but it is enough for toula to question.
the flood of emerald water stills. becomes the green of the cenote jungle. becomes a verdant hill that stretches forever in every direction: reeds, filling everywhere.
toula stands alone in the center.
the words repeating as a whisper through the reeds: there is only one way that royals die, princess.

the reeds grow taller, taller, taller still, undulating. the stars are overhead, set in to a blackness. one by one they have been snuffing out, and only two remain: shimmering blue.
somehow they squint.
if you bear his children, you curse your people. heed me, i came before. i have seen what comes after.
these stars appear to blink and —

the dream abruptly ends.