Voltus kept running through the darkness until he crashed through a set of doors into a well lit courtyard where people were drinking tea in long flowing robes, conversing and playing board games like backgammon and checkers. Voltus lowered Karina off his shoulders onto the cobblestone floor and strode towards the nearest man who was drinking tea with his friends, he poked his shoulder, "ya basha, ayn aagder en edawer funduk?" Voltus asked in fluent Arabic.
"you are standing in the courtyard of a hotel and you happen to be speaking to the manager." the robed man replied in perfect English with a wink.