it smells like dog in here [1]

Scimitar paused to leave word with the others. Bazi's heart quickened. They would be alone for several nights - no children, no responsibilities, both sharing the same earthen bed beneath the stars. The prospect quickened her step once. Their interactions until now had been fumbling, like two youths playing at love - all stops and starts. Out there, they faced hours by themselves, and it was thrilling and frightening in equal amounts.

"He reminds me of Galileo," she mused, carefully avoiding a concealed dip in the ground. Since her fall, Bazi was a more careful traveller. At Scimitar's assumption that Kaskara would never settle down, she frowned. "Really? Why not? She's a handsome girl."