So, in the interests of trying to actually get this finished, I'm reposting this WiP and going to try and finish it in comment-fic form - if you leave a comment, I'll try and write the next section as a comment fic (unless you ask me not to). =)
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I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENING BUT I THANK THE TINY, TWINKING GODS THAT LIVE IN YOUR HEAD.
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Don't forget the pysch evaluation. =.=
Still, probably not too many parts left. I hope, I hope, I hope<.i>.
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Lonely, I have gone to bed having lit the fire. My soul has been a restless bird that leaves to seek itself…He may be tossed by storms of whirling sand or riding a hot wind above dunes. Far from here his voice may ring through the forests from the branches of a mango. By the Nile he may wait silent among the reeds, catfish spawning as he sleeps, his head tucked in his wing. If you see him, send him home to me. The heart is uncertain country.I must rise, call the musicians and priests. I must have henna for the heads of dancers. I cannot dream like the idle, sleepless dead. I must rise and stir the fire. Burn moly and saffron, remember my prayers. The smoke of incense will bring him home… Perhaps now he hovers near, flurry of dark wings beating the door; or he follows the rivers and canals of gods, leading them through mountains; or he binds the souls to the rags of mummies, filling dry hands with balsam ( ... )
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R’cliff is punished, of course.
The punishment is intended for Kris’ benefit, of course.
Adam marches Kris out to the square where R’cliff is bound to the frame with his back bared to the lash. Two Jaffa flank him every second and one of the priests, an oily little man who Kris doesn’t know and doesn’t like. The priest has a nasal whine of a voice and Kris understands every word he says.
This is the fate of a traitor. See the wrath of your God and be humbled. See the punishment due to those who fail and repent. See the traitor break and wonder at your God’s infinite mercy.Kris honestly believes Adam will kill the Jaffa. He should have known better. Adam is nothing like that merciful ( ... )
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