Lion Head Mesa threw it away, but now i say

in the hours that followed makono's departure, senmut prayed.

and then the call rose. he did not know the lady qiao, only that she was sharp and filled ramesses' store-rooms with riches.

keep in her absence. and now @Khaba came to his mind. he did not answer the call at once; the young hem stepped lightly to find the jodai.

senmut did not announce himself as ally or friend. but both were often in the heir's company and now the moment came to guard and to carry out his task to test. 

"our crown prince is not here. go and detain the lady qiao in one of the larger rooms toward the front of the palace, kindly, please, if you are able. pharaoh cannot know that the heir has gone again." there was no telling if ramesses had even heard the hemet, but they had spoken upon her return. he did not know what sort of woman she might be and so he would treat her as a member of pharaoh's court.

the fact that things might have to be explained later would be a duty fallen to makono. he waited for khaba to know and to understand.