"Proclaim the Pilgrimage to all people. They will come to you on foot and on every kind of swift mount, emerging from every deep mountain pass."
- Surah Al-Hajj 22:27
The captain bit his lip. Two weeks? he thought. Maybe three? Longer than the average chorotopian, but not out of distribution.
Belodis mirrored the lip bite, but signalling seduction instead of self-restraint, and took a step forward. The curtain closed behind her. "That's far too long for a handsome and powerful man like you." She rolled her shoulder and one of the straps on her dress slid off.