Two Eyes Cenote [m] hard odds to beat when you're on all fours

Inji offered to introduce him to what sounded like the principle figures in Muat-riya. Talis’s heart leaped in his chest. He could see no reason to decline such an opportunity, at least until Inji mentioned that The Tribe might be upset with him. They would probably be happy to get any information he gathered upon his return, he imagined, though he supposed that was the question: would he return, if Talis liked what he found here?

I don’t think it could hurt just to meet with them, he replied slowly, thoughtfully. I’d love to learn more about this place and what you do here, he confessed in the next breath, though his interest was probably rather obvious. You said you give baths. You also said this place is a pleasure palace. So do you basically just… pamper anyone who calls on you?