“Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.”
“the one for whom the sun shines.. -Ramses II”
“...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.”
“crawled like a blind slug into the web”
“I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.”
“His lips parted, but long years of experience with Ramses, and to some extent, Emerson, had taught me how to turn a conversation into a monologue.”