Redsand Canyon Adelfós

"i think that your future here was assured long ago, old friend." not so old, either of them, but with a bond already tested. a wry look touched the imperator's face. 

"romaíoi stratiótes anazitoún ellinídes ieródoules, allá ellines misthofóroi anazitoún romaíes syzýgous." a ribald saying, one he would never repeat before his wife or any other woman for that matter.

but it was the meeting of their cultures, something humorous that the egyptian had hated about them both. germanicus moved on, the lines of his face softening into warmth.