They've been in Sothis for a while, and Eriape has finally finished the Badger House. It is, of course, shaped like a badger.
It is also made of sandstone, smack in the center of Sothis, and quite big.
Eriape pops her head back in, this time from a hatch in the roof.
"Geb is a Lousy Country. No Badgers and Too Much Politics. Osirion has No Badgers, but I intend to Introduce a Living Population along the Major Rivers as soon as I convince the Ruby Prince of the Idea!"
"Geb is awful!" she agrees immediately. Admittedly not specifically for badger related reasons, but hey, she's not going to object. Clarabella seems lovely so far. "Do you really think you can get an audience with the Pharaoh?" She is objectively aware that the Ruby Prince is several orders of magnitude less impressive than Arazni or Geb, but--still.
"It is Easy to get an Audience with the Ruby Prince! You just Pay Enough Money into a Bond that is Forfeit if you are Not Interesting. Or you can Convince the Prince's Audience Market that you are Sufficiently Interesting, he might Meet you all on his Own!"
"...Huh. Must be a lot of money." On the other hand, Eriape has plenty of time to save up. Quite plausibly worthwhile, if it's a good way to achieve her badger-related goals.
"We Make and Sell Magic Items of Many Kinds for the General Consumer!"