Ocean's Breath Plateau snakebite

given freely, what he wanted. this talk of protecting, of loyalty; it came second to pharaoh's own ambitions. he saw a further path to glory here than within yuelong.
and yet his consideration of aditya and the might the man wielded was a genuine thought. the egyptian was languishing within the island place, with none as his subjects and the empress disappeared from her perch and from him. he wished a place where he might expand, prepare for his return to slay hatshepsuun and regain seti's throne.
what a fool you were, father.
aditya, many years older, and yet glowing with a wisdom ramesses wanted for himself.
before he answered, a small young woman had appeared beyond the man's shoulder, gone as soon as she had come. they were not alone here.
"i will do these things."
ramesses had little reason not to perform what was required of him, though he noted that aditya did not ask for loyalty to himself.