“Are you that afraid to try and make a better way?” Atem asks, he doesn’t drop the fabric and with the other sitting on the edge of the bed he moves closer. He’s acting with more confidence than he feels but that’s part of being a ruler. He reaches forward to put a hand on the emperor’s shoulder and then quickly climbs to straddle his lap his knees pressing into the bed on either side of him.

“I’m not afraid to try and make a better world for my people. I’ve faced impossible odds, enemies far darker than you can imagine, I’ve seen the sun swallowed up and all my hope fail but I saw my people continue to rise and fight and give me the strength to push on.”

Atem meets the others eyes if he Dorrek will look at him. “I will do anything for them, for what is right. Are you too much a coward to meet me halfway?”