Chapter 7

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The two young Queens walked around the palace, Byul guided and explained and her wife nodded, always avoiding the halls.

Yongsun noticed that there were very few almost non-existent animals, even in the palace the horses were few, when she asked, Byul clarified that it was not necessary, since by bloodline the families worked depending on the symbol of their home, Byul said she would explain and taking the form of a horse they undertook a journey.

They arrived at the peasant part of the place, Yongsun watched with astonishment the giant oxen that worked huge amounts of land in a short time, recovering her form Byul explained how classes were divided, that really were not societies of poor or rich, but of job, this achieved great harmony.

-Then there are no arranged marriages? - the curious tamer asked.

-Not really, I cannot deny that they exist but it is not something that is dictated by tradition, sometimes parents want to do round business, they cannot force their children, it's something that's punished, but sometimes they manage to convince them, families of oxen mostly seek suitors in families of horses to transport their products. And of course in royalty in extraordinary cases- Byul laughed willingly, but what tried to be a joke caused another sensation in her wife.

-And did you have someone you really wanted to marry, Byul?- Yongsun was still watching the oxen work the land hard, with her peripheral view she noticed when her wife turned to her, after a few seconds, where she supposed Byul thought about it in detail, she gave her a brief answer.

-No, not really - Yongsun could not explain herself why that "No, not really" did not satisfy her, deep down maybe she expected a resounding no. Both were silent for a moment, watching the workers.

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As they advanced, Yongsun observed in the streets some improvements that could be proposed to the Queen of the beasts, not having social classes was a good thing you could say, but in some cases it takes a little competition to demand improvements such as in public infrastructure, even if they were not so far from the palace, you could still see dirt roads. It was not inexplicable then why the nobles of Zerzura were reluctant to commercial talks, access was something that was noticeable would be difficult in the absence of adequate roads. Beasts after all were accustomed to rough life.

Suddenly a doubt.

-Are there families of rabbits? - Yongsun could only see her wife's profile since they were walking side by side, she saw how Byul was smiling.

-Yes, there are families with the rabbit symbol-

-And what do they do? - Although her cheeks flushed a little, Byul didn't lose her smile ...

They visited the markets, the famous places, Yongsun was exhausted while the other was fresh like a lettuce, the vigor of the beasts was well known.

-Hey! there's a place we should go to- Byul was walking backwards while talking in front of her wife -I bet you haven't seen anything like that before, and it's just the time- She spoke pointing to the sky that was painted purple announcing next night, Yongsun nodded -I know you're tired but it will be worth it- Byul smiled again but this time Yongsun felt a chill run through her.

In a few minutes they reached the intended place. They stood on the edge of a gorge, where in the distance they could see a river that ran wild.

-Know the Colca canyon* - Yongsun observed the enormous depression that the river had formed during centuries, on the almost vertical walls trees clung in strange positions, the sun that began to hide on the horizon colored the clouds of pink, blue  dark, red, even purple; She was so lost taking detail of everything that she didn't feel the approach of Byul ...

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