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Amon watched the snake, ready to alert the guard to it's presence but...stopped, when he realized it's slow approach wasn't threatening. A pet, he assumes given it's wordless approach, and the way they seemed comfortable enough together. He dipped his back to the guard in turn, in thanks, after she spoke.

I am Amon Khaldun he answered her after she howled for her healer and pharaoh. This life I have given myself to being Einvald Nyra's soldier, whichever title she gives it. I had meant to introduce myself to Satriya when your people were taking refuge at our borders, but I had young pups to care for and couldn't stray far he spoke apologetically.

It was a specific way he specified Nyra, rather than Jakten, that showed where his loyalty was strongest. No matter what pack his queen was in, or co-leaders she had, he was her's to wield. Her sovereignty was what mattered to him, her children as well....as unsettling as some of them could be.