An Artifact, A Girl, and a God. |Lagerthas x BlackTalon|

A puzzled and defeated look was written all over Naari as Khepri could not give her the answers that she sought. It was hard for him as well, he barely knew Naari and all he knew about her was the little things they had discussed if anything at all. He chuckled gently however as she mentioned that gods were supposed to be omnipotent and know everything "Even us gods are tasked with riddles and mysteries from time to time. Our power is not omnipotent, this is why we can't stop everything that nature or other humans bring upon others. It is the violent nature that we live in. All I can say is that my realm, my city and my people are safe when they stay here." he said with proud smile on his face. He was proud that he was able to keep a living society like this one alive, fluent and most importantly safe. Khepri's army was well trained and numerous and economy and trading was plenty as the city was a travelling center. The oasis bringing ease to a lot of worn-out travellers.

When her question arose if he couldn't think of what happened as to why she had her memory lost, he could do nothing but shake his head gently. "I indeed do not know my woman. But I'm sure that we will find out what happened or that the memories will come back eventually. Do not worry about it. For now..." he said as he put his hands onto her hips and pulled her against him, her back against his body only to share his warmth with her. His body felt like it was a soft warm rock that she laid against, a feeling of pure comfort and safety was something that Khepri gave off. His hands remained on her hips "You just have to relax and don't think about it too much. There is no benefit in worrying and clouding your mind with troubled thoughts."

There was something right and wrong about the entire situation that they found themselves in. At one side there was the physical attraction in between the both of them that was there like a soft lingering flame that just waited for enough oxygen to burst open into a blaze, on the other side there was Khepri's sense of wrong and right. He knew that he was taking advantage of the situation.

Was this the way he wanted to conquer the women's rebellious mind ?
Was this the way that she was before ?
No
A decent into morals was something he was not about to do, he had already taken slight advantage of her memory loss and he would go no further. With a soft smile and a sigh "Come now." his words were soft but a clear command as he took her with him to the bedroom. "Then do not think about it. No need to stress your mind any further." He looked upon the silken white dress that she had on before all this and how it had dried up already. Khepri turned his large naked body towards her as he stopped infront of the table with the dress, food and drinks displayed on it in a neat orderly sorted way that all servants had to employ around him. His large arms gently wrapped around her body and pulled her in close to him "Don't be frightened now." his words were followed by his golden aura that slowly creeped over the both of them and warmed their bodies up, the water that once covered their bodies quickly dried and now they were rid of the moisture.

As he released the hug, his finger pointed towards the dress "Get dressed beautiful." He walked back towards the bathing room and put on the light satin skirt that he had left there. He walked back towards Naari as he waited for her to get dressed. He held out his arm for her to take, he wanted to walk her around his property and show her the surroundings, maybe then she would recognize and recover her memory. "The outside air will do you good."

Whether she would take his arm or walk next to him, he would guide her towards the exit. He walked with her throughout the large hallway and exited the temple to look upon the city. Khepri took in the fresh breath of warm air as he looked upon his land "Beautiful isn't it ?"

As they walked throughout the temple, she could see the finely decorated stones that were used to perfection as they built the massive place. The large entrance hall led to a large open place, another statue that symbolised Khepri stood in the middle at the end of the hall. The large hall's floor decorated with white linnen mats that were embroided with golden scarabs in the middle of it. They were praying mats designated for the priest, priestesses and common folk to pray upon in their worship towards him. The hall was filled with priests both male and females as they meditated ontop of the mats. Their knees donned the floor as their hands were put together as they seemed to be lost in thought. Khepri smiled at the sight of his worshippers being the same trance that he had thought them for many a times.

He lead her back towards the exit to show her the land. As Naari got frustrated about not remembering any of it, he smiled gently. "That's alright, we will find a way to return you your memories." he said as he walked her down the numerous steps towards the oasis. People bathed in the warm water, bathing in the blessing that Khepri had bestowed upon them to be a part of this community, this working organ of humans. People parthed to give both of them ample room to walk unhindered, heads bowed in honor of Khepri and offered numerous fruits and food to them. He looked at her gently "Feel free to take whatever they offer, those are gifts and they would be honored if you would take it."

As they got up to the oasis, she could see just how good it was. People were farming, children were playing and it had the lightest of atmospheres. Joy and pleasure was what showed around the edges of the oasis. However this is not where he wanted to go, Khepri continued his walk towards the Nile and would only stop when they had reached the point to where their feet touched the Nile. "This is the river I saved you from" he said softly.