Northstar Vale aranea

germanicus listened with the impassive look of one who had seen war and death.

and still he felt the breaking of things, the shattering of them. arsenio shamed him and posed a threat.

he did not care for the disdain which crossed the greek's face. "i know you think very little of me, arsenio. but i work beyond the eyes of pharaoh now, as i always have."

the men were at an impasse. how could arsenio believe this of him? when germanicus had gone against all conscience to free tamar. 

"if you think ending my life will end your guilt, then let this be the end of it." a hand hard upon the secret between he and the mercenary and the man's pretty wife.

a tactician. 

"there will be continued peace between mereo and epoch. to keep it, i will not return."