The next morning, the two men discuss whether or not the Egyptian king is really the "monster" from the "book of the dead." They're not sure if he's actually the "Pyramids" , but they're pretty sure that he is. After the death of his father, the king's son, tumose ii, took over the throne. Hatshepsut, the queen's daughter, married tumose iii, and she proclaimed herself to be the daughter of "the sun god" . The two men agree that tumoseiii doesn't seem to be in love with either of them, and they wonder why he wouldn't save them if they took his land from him. They also wonder if they share a bad relationship, and if they'd hate each other if she took their land away. They don't want to kill each other, they say, and tumose III didn't do that. After tumose i's death, the son tumoseii took over as the king, and he and his wife had a child together. They've been married for a long time, and it's common in ancient Egypt to have incest, but tumosei's wife still managed the government as regent. She's also married to tumoses daughter , and the two of them proclaim themselves to be "daughters of the sun gods." The men wonder if this is the case, and why they would save the Egyptian people if they were to take their land from them. They wonder if tumose's relationship with