3/15/2026, 6:02 AM
the reeds snapped under his rush and the marsh erupted in noise. y’var’la held the line she’d chosen, still as the mountains while the ducks burst exactly where she’d expected them to. one veered wide from khaemwaset’s lunge, skimming the water in a panicked arc straight toward the open gap she’d left.
with little time to kill, she sprang, cutting the bird off before it could gain height. her jaws closed around the beating body and she landed in the shallows with a splash, steadying the duck in her grasp as she glanced toward the pharaoh through the trembling reeds.
with little time to kill, she sprang, cutting the bird off before it could gain height. her jaws closed around the beating body and she landed in the shallows with a splash, steadying the duck in her grasp as she glanced toward the pharaoh through the trembling reeds.
teamwork,she said,
i’d say that one was yours as much as mine.