[h3][color=0054a6][center]~Nebet~[/center][/color][/h3]

Oh good. Satiah was the one to return first, once again spewing nonsense. She seemed a bit...pleased about something? Nebet eyed her carefully as she spoke. Had something happened? 

[color=0054a6]"I must respectfully disagree, Vizier Satiah."[/color] Nebet said with a sigh. [color=0054a6]"If you show who Pharoah Amen is at 'face value' as you say, it will put no one into complacency and it will certainly not make those seeking to ally with him wish to ally with him more. You do not understand how people work - how the nobles work, Satiah."[/color] Nebet's voice was firm, she was not budging on this matter at all. [color=0054a6]"I have been around both the poor, the nobles, and even slaves - almost was one myself on multiple occasions when I was the Pharaoh's age."[/color] She continued, standing up from the seat for the first time since they started this conversation. [color=0054a6]"I do not claim to be an expert on the matters, quite the contrary, but I know how the nobles work and how to make people in general complacent and look the other way with some pretty words."[/color] That was all she was going to elaborate, however, though she was fairly certain her history wasn't exactly all that difficult to find out about.

[color=0054a6]"Yes, impressions will be skewed since the beginning, but that is why it is our job to correct such skewed perceptions of him." [/color]Her voice carried a definite bit of annoyance in it by now. She was so very tired of repeating herself to this...[i]slave.[/i] While Nebet wasn't for or against it as long as it was lawful, there was nothing inherently wrong with it in her opinion. [color=0054a6]"What you suggest, is painting a target on his back. Those who do not like him, will certainly seek to 'remove' him and some might see his inexperience as an excuse not to ally with him when they otherwise would. Those of the court have far more power than you realize, Satiah. Even the mere suggestion of 'beating' them up is pure folly - you would have the allies of them easily use that as propaganda against the young Pharoah and then you'd even potentially have the people even turned against us."[/color]

Nebet had walked around to the table now, standing quite close to Satiah.

[color=0054a6]"But I am fairly certain you would just suggest beating them up again, hmm? You know what sort of rulers solve everything with violence? Tyrants. You know what that would look like to other kingdoms? Tyranny to most of them. What you suggest could and likely will eventually lead to armies at our doorstep and then we'd be outnumbered ten to one and there would be nothing we could do about it. Especially of those nobles you 'nip in the bud' ally themselves with other kingdoms and the loyal people following them. You do nothing but suggest events that would bring the serpent of chaos at our doorstep. I think-"[/color]

Satiah was lucky that was the exact moment Qar and Amen decided to return. Nebet was too, really. If she kept talking she might have very well just slapped Satiah hard enough to hopefully put some logical sense into that thick skull of hers. Instead though, she reigned in her tongue, and forced herself into silence. She would not fight with the other viziers, especially in front of the Pharoah. Instead, she simply walked back towards her previous seat in silence as Aperel proceeded to once again prove how much of a suck up he was.

While Nebet did agree with him on a number of things, he was certainly not to be trusted. Anyone who kissed up to someone to such a degree was only looking to better themselves. Nebet simply listened silently, mentally going over the embalming procedures and mentally reciting a few scriptures - it always helped to calm her nerves and annoyance levels, though she made sure to keep her ears open. She was both surprised and relieved to hear what the Pharoah said. She turned her head to Amen, narrowing her eyes slightly.

He seemed convicted now, at least which was good, but what brought this on?

[color=0054a6]"While that is wonderful news Pharoah Amen...could I ask what brought this on? I do not mean to pry, but it seems like something has happened or am I wrong?"[/color] One didn't get to live as long as she did in her previous line of profession without at least a healthy dose of skepticism, observance, and even a little mistrust. Reading people were just one thing someone had to do often, and judging from Satiah's body language and this sudden change of events, something seemed a bit...off.