Lion Head Mesa to have peace, there must be strife

why did the man hold back? "surely you hunger," senmut pressed. "eat. or you will insult the work of the fellahin." a tease, to be sure, but one gladly used if necessary. the prince himself took another deep drink of wine.

"i do not think it is possible to be both pharaoh of akashingo and commander of akhsounu," he said with his priest's directness. "but i am not you, nor am i the queen. she will ask what i will, of course, and that is what benefit akhsounu would bring to akashingo."

senmut had become used to such discussions, at a cost.