Lion Head Mesa sphinx

ramesses knew treva well enough to hear in her voice that he would win no argument.
he flicked his eyes over the babes suckling ravenously at her breast. he was still vaguely disgusted but for the sake of his great feeling for her, he would say no more.
"blessings upon you for your delivery of a prince and princess," he said once more. "i will make a sacrifice to Tawaret and to Bes in gratitude for how They kept each of my children safe."
"soon you will be called queen. and the apartments of the queen will be yours."
they had been carefully maintained. the princesses had collected the effects of their mother and the rest would be buried with her. they were empty and pristine and ramesses was selfishly, secretly desperate to see them alive once more.
it would not bring satsu to life again. 
it would only remind him each day that she had lived in those spaces.