Lion Head Mesa netjer

remembering @Satsu's insistence that pharaoh bathe, he did so. untangling himself from jawahir, ramesses stepped to the sunwarmed, slow river etching below the mesa. 
dampened, he strode out into the redstone hallways, encircled by the rich perfume of flowers which seemed always to hang in the air.
pharaoh searched for the shabti-woman, and when he had discovered her, ramesses slowed his approach. "you left so suddenly after i returned," he purled, sea-dark eyes glimmering in the muted light.