Lion Head Mesa henti

the look that passed between them was filled with many things.
with ramesses he had a pawful of polished stones. "you know three names. mine, ramesses." he set a stone. "my father, seti the first." a second stone. "and his father, thothmes the bull."
three pebbles in a row.
ramesses set a fourth.
"my great-grandfather, ramesses khamenteru."
a fifth.
"his father, merneptah."
"each of these names accomplished some great feat in their lifetime. i led the first strike at kadesh. seti smote the hettite uprising upon the southern border. thothmes revenged the death of his mother with the blood of two dozen assassins. khamenteru forged peace between the swords and the teeth, clans in the desert. merneptah decreed that priests and priestesses should be paid for their labour."
ashikaga shifted. siptah remained stoic. ramesses looked to makono.