We could take advantage of this displeasure. With a little prodding the people of Egypt could be persuaded to accept you as sole ruler. That is correct, your majesty. Now you have my interest. Do what needs to be done.
Door opens and closes.
And so the King and his eunuch plotted. As Potinus predicted, the people turned against their queen. Cleopatra fled the capital and sought refuge with the Arab tribes east of Egypt's borders. Meanwhile in Rome, the glorious republic was disintegrating. Pompey and Julius Caesar, former friends and comrades in arms, now fought against each other.