The Prophet

[Turtle]

Thanks folks. Line breaks are easy to fix.  Personally I don't always like complete phrases on complete lines, but two views in opposition is near enough to consensus for change.
Turtle, the princess was always Dido, I just named her because I thought maybe people needed Googling help.  She was a princess when she fled her brother and got hold of her oxhide -- the isoperimetric puzzle is a pretty famous one in mathematics.  
Also, just a heads-up:  anyone who's not American won't appreciate you 'correcting' their spelling when it's already correct in pretty much every other English-speaking nation...  
Thanks again for very helpful critiques.

Like I said, I liked it a little more when it was a princess reference.
Thanks for the heads up on the spelling. I get so used to editing proposals and forget. I could have asked if that was the intended spelling.