Aïda's eyes sparkled.
"Come.." and she offered out her hand. "Follow me. I shall show you." ANd back inside they went, sprinting swiftly through the garden pools, and back and away from the stone statue, down a long, narrow hall and past the libraries were incense and candles were burning all day and all night. Though she slowed her run when she passed by a quieter hall, and turned to Zubin, smiling silently as the two of them tip toed in through the curtain of a back room.
"Here.." she whispered, to a room sprawling with plush blankets and pillows. "I sleep in here." And she moved to the back corner, pushing through a series of interlocking curtains before stepping into her own private room- and it was lovely, for it had a view, and through it she could see all of Essyrn.
Moving to sit on her pile of pillows on he rmake shift bed, she gestured for Zubin to come sit with her.
"Here is where I sleep and pass most of my day. Ican see can see the entire city from here." And she sighed dreamily, as she nestled into her arms as they rested upon the warm, stone sill.
"Isn't it beautiful, Zubin? This city we live in- this jewel of the desert."