[ kaveh observes him like alhaitham is going to turn around and bite him. he doesn't blame him. it's only expected, given the situation. the irony comes from the objective fact that it had been kaveh a single insult away from biting alhaitham's head off not a scant thirty minutes ago, like a cat facing off in uncertain territory. alhaitham looks up, and notes that kaveh hasn't moved from his position on the divan. he surmises that he had been looking at his earrings.
it hadn't been difficult, to track them down. the eremites took whatever they liked from the palace of alcazarzaray - a stipulation of azar's that gave the desert tribes just enough appropriate incentive to join forces - but the war-scribes kept impeccable records of everything that was taken. jewelry is generally difficult to document, but items of enough significance tends to attract attention. the household has a list of two hundred and ninety seven items that alhaitham has put personal notice on, but it will take time before each one is tracked down, purchased, logged, itemised and returned. alhaitham will not have time until he has completed what he has set out to do. but the earrings - those were a simple matter. kaveh of lokapala's coming of age celebration was widely lauded for its artistry, symbolism and beauty. everyone knew the cut, colour and make of those earrings. alhaitham did, too.
it's not difficult to imagine what kaveh had been thinking, looking at them.
alhaitham lets his towel drop down next to him. ]
Take a bath. [ is what he says. ] Lokapalans are aware of such practices, are they not? And they call us Vissudhans backwards in design. Or is it that you've never bathed without a servant to help you with the process?
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it hadn't been difficult, to track them down. the eremites took whatever they liked from the palace of alcazarzaray - a stipulation of azar's that gave the desert tribes just enough appropriate incentive to join forces - but the war-scribes kept impeccable records of everything that was taken. jewelry is generally difficult to document, but items of enough significance tends to attract attention. the household has a list of two hundred and ninety seven items that alhaitham has put personal notice on, but it will take time before each one is tracked down, purchased, logged, itemised and returned. alhaitham will not have time until he has completed what he has set out to do. but the earrings - those were a simple matter. kaveh of lokapala's coming of age celebration was widely lauded for its artistry, symbolism and beauty. everyone knew the cut, colour and make of those earrings. alhaitham did, too.
it's not difficult to imagine what kaveh had been thinking, looking at them.
alhaitham lets his towel drop down next to him. ]
Take a bath. [ is what he says. ] Lokapalans are aware of such practices, are they not? And they call us Vissudhans backwards in design. Or is it that you've never bathed without a servant to help you with the process?