Lion Head Mesa twenty-second

senmut was still left with the sense that atreus did not truly understand the magnitude of what was before them.

"good. a guard to the pharaoh is not only a guard. you are an advisor, a companion, a spy, and a sacrifice if necessary." something thin hummed about his mouth. "her priests are no less. remember that she is divine, mazoi. guard her as if you had watched the gods create her very vision."

he stood back then, crisply. "i may summon you from time to time, to tell me what you have heard. but i expect after today we will be rid of betrayers."

his zealous eyes warned the young man not to be among them.