Lion Head Mesa [m] signet

ramesses arched a brow. "he wants children," pharaoh explained. "nine spaces." did she see how his stone inched toward her own game piece.
he sought her eyes now, nazli thoroughly distracted by his idle gambit. "the purpose of neb and nebet is nobility, which any strong kingdom cultivates. nobility provides the divine with viziers, priests, soothsayers, charlatans, traders, priestesses. so you are, there are three tiers," scratching an approximation of a triangle, "each necessary to the function of the overall."