Actaea

- If there are any procedures that need to be followed, we can discuss them along the way. I would like to get down to business without unnecessary delays.

- I understand. Please follow me. - Jamil led the trio (or quartet?) north from the docks. As they walked, a small group of Burhans appeared to have just finished beheading one of their own. - "Enta fen galbi, adaram vah," Jamil said impassively, looking into the dead man's lifeless eyes.
- "He said, 'bear the punishment for your sins and may God forgive you,'" the translator explained, glancing nervously at their guide.
- "Poor fellow," Jamil commented. "This unfortunate soul could not resist the temptations of the Devil and indulged in the pleasures of the flesh with one of my slaves." He said this almost as if justifying himself. - "In a normal situation, I would have sentenced him to fifty lashes, but the man was unlucky: unfortunately, the girl he decided to abuse was a virgin. Now she can no longer be sold for a good price, and you have no idea how difficult it is to find such women in today's world, full of depravity and licentiousness. By the way, about business, what exactly brought you to our wonderful country?"