"I am Dam Lehnar. I am the Dam offspring of Mas-Trephor."
She bowed her head to the men and Lloyd introduced himself and his friend. He told her that they hailed from Besten, but didn't burden her with much more.
The response excited her because she had heard many interesting stories about that fantastic city and it was always her wish to one day attend the Blaisaman there.
"My apologies for your detention. I will go now to Trephor and ask that your petition be expedited."
"It would be our greatest appreciation if you did so, Dam-Lehnar."
Boyce kindly smiled at her.
She smiled back at him then turned and hurried down the long hallway adjacent to the room in which they were being kept. In a very short order a page entered the room and summoned the two men to appear before Mas Trephor.
Lloyd was beginning to realise why these people were behaving unlike the reports of their non-hostile ways. They had arrived in Sedara at the time of the month when the major part of the population was in their phase of inconceivability; as relative to their menstrual cycles.
It was during this week-long period of time that was usually set aside for public exhibitions. Prisoners and slaves were violently beaten and raped, and even killed during those festival days. These violations became
a part of the Sedash culture, where they tried to display their superiority over the one-sexed humans.
Trephor, as the ruler, usually molested the first prisoner of his choice, so opening the week-long celebrations.