Lion Head Mesa twenty-second

the voices indeed did echo.

senmut did not linger beside the doorway; he went at once in search of the new soldier @Atreus, catching the newest when he had come back from answering pharaoh's call.

"you have the unique opportunity to have your loyalty in immediate demand," he told the boy, eyes boring into the young face. "i am posting you at her doorway. do not leave her for any reason unless the medjay bayek is there to take your place."

the roman boy, too attached. bayek, useful but closed. and he did not know sanguinex.

atreus then could be truly cultivated for makono's purpose.

"pharaoh calls me for the day's report often in the evenings. you will be relieved at those times to eat and to rest."

senmut must tighten the palace around her now. khaba had begged to return and now see how he turned upon their divine one, rejecting her orders, displacing noble children. nobility built a kingdom.