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1 Nile Delta, 3000 B.C.E.
2 Merneith: You! Slave! Stop whatever it is you are doing and bring me some food!
3 Ako: But Ra said..
Merneith: Forget that! I am your god while he is gone, and my word is law!
4 *Ako is grumpy*
5 Ako: I tire of these lesser gods. I will gladly obey such beings as Ra or Thoth but who is this Merneith to set herself up as their equal?
Sêshafi: Oh don’t get me started. Did you know she can’t even read?
6 Ako: Really?
Sêshafi: Yes, she had to get one of the scribes to translate the writing in the great hall for her. And then when he did, she said
“Trust that blowhard Ra to cover his walls in propaganda, as if these pathetic savages would even think to question that we are gods”

Description
Crossposted to AO3

Page 2

1 Nile Delta, 3000 B.C.E.
2 Merneith: You! Slave! Stop whatever it is you are doing and bring me some food!
3 Ako: But Ra said..
Merneith: Forget that! I am your god while he is gone, and my word is law!
4 *Ako is grumpy*
5 Ako: I tire of these lesser gods. I will gladly obey such beings as Ra or Thoth but who is this Merneith to set herself up as their equal?
Sêshafi: Oh don’t get me started. Did you know she can’t even read?
6 Ako: Really?
Sêshafi: Yes, she had to get one of the scribes to translate the writing in the great hall for her. And then when he did, she said
“Trust that blowhard Ra to cover his walls in propaganda, as if these pathetic savages would even think to question that we are gods”