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"he did not say. when makono announced her ascension to hawk-in-the-nest, when i said i must stand with the priests and with Ma'at, when i named him her future Divine Consort — ah, lady qiao. too many changes for a boy who thought he would be pharaoh."
ramesses sighed, and it was the pained intake of a man aged beyond the sight of his face.
"have you heard anything?" and here, a tinge of uncommon desperation.