35 - After the Germ of the Head

I couldn’t go down to the Mahid quarters while Shefenkas was still there. I had every servant it seemed having to serve me. I had to wait and wait and wait… then I had to finish the work I’d told my tutor I would because I found myself suddenly concerned that my word be good… even just because Shefenkas… my Raikas… Shefenkas would want me to hold my word good.It was a full day after they’d been