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ramesses enjoyed that germanicus stood at such attention before him. he had neither told the man to relax nor called for a meal. the dog was here on akashingo's orders, whatever he wanted to claim otherwise. and while he was aware that germanicus was trained to stand as long as ramesses saw fit, he still took the gritty little pleasure from it.
"mereo's imperator is virile," came his dry remark. "the queen delivered twin girls and my heir, siptah. you will meet him. in fact, given what has happened, i want you to train him. he is barely a boy. but he must learn to protect himself."
his voice had taken an icy edge. 
"akashingo will have a new queen after the mourning time has passed. i would like to see you and your wife present for the ceremony." germanicus understood politics after a fashion. if mereo wanted to stand alone, then they would be tested like any other ally.