The priestess of the Karnak Temple must abide by the rules of the temple. She cannot look into the eyes of any man. The body belongs to God, the heartbeat belongs to God, and even the rhythm of breathing belongs to God. Until a noble officer who should not have appeared in the corridor of the inner hall stopped at the moment when he should not have stopped. He glanced at her. She didn't hide. From that moment on, the beat of her footbell was no longer three short and one long. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The power showdown between the pharaoh and the high priest is tearing Thebes apart. She was on Pharaoh's side, and he was stuck in the high priest's quagmire. She thought he had chosen power, and he thought she had given up on him. The two people are separated by a Nile River, each doing things in the dark that the other cannot see, and carrying a weight that the other cannot guess. She ends up telling one last lie for him. He spent his whole life carving the truth on the pottery tablets. The temple does not allow people to heartbeat, but the heartbeat did, and then it broke; after it broke, it echoed for 3,300 years.
Concept: How do people who love each other choose to face themselves and reality?