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 Bes guided her steps. sang in her ears. she visited Her frequently, with her son being away—prayed after him. and today, Bes sent her something in the wind—a scent,
 and Toula moved to follow it! her turquoise gaze searched, thinking of her own daughters. where, where? the golden Goddess would find her. she asked then her fellahin to help her look, voice gentle but imbued with her command.

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 Toula saw her first, and commanded a fellahin move to provide bodily support as Toula was further from her, then. the sound, the sight—it was heartbreaking! she saw her daughter in the desert heat that rippled around the girl, but as she drew closer she saw definitively that it was not.
 still, though—a little girl in need! and it was herself she saw then, unmoored and alone in a world without all the women of Akashingo that had become her village, that had continued to love and care for her when mother, father, sisters, brothers had gone. adrift, in need,
 a fellahin began to announce the Pharaoh, but a look gave them pause. two fellahin behind her provided shade to Toula with arching fronds between their teeth, and one then moved at another look to provide shade to the girl. “have you the strength to walk?” Toula saw the effort it had taken for her to move to even sit—she says, “not very far. you will have some aid, should you wish it,” she offered in a gentle voice.

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