Lion Head Mesa cartouche

satsu and her oasis-water gaze came with ramesses, and he climbed to the promontories, silent, focused upon each roughened step beneath his paws.
at last, he came to the top of the lion's-head, and grinned openly, handsome features gilded with a true and open pleasure. the flatlands stretched on and on into the horizon that rose in mountainous spires.
for a long moment, pharaoh was only silent; then he leant slyly toward satsu. "what shall we tell the divine ones when we have answered their ... summoning?" ramesses smirked, though his eyes remained upon the powerful sight before them both.