To see a genuine smile curling from her beautiful lips was a worthy reward for his efforts. He smiled back and took her hand before he kissed her soft brown skin. He was tempted to let his eyes roam but if this woman was a slave, than the best way to hold her attention was by treating her like an equal. "No, I've been to Egypt. I met Nubian's there." He considered his next words, he was very rusty on the language. "Do you speak Egyptian, or Greek, maybe Persian?" He might as well try everything. His Greek and Latin were his best, of course, but his Persian and Egyptian were much more passable than his Nubian. He wondered how much she had been bought for, and how much she would be parted with for, but that was a question for a different person later. "I did not expect to meet your kind of beauty when I came to Rome. I won't ask what brought you here, but I am glad you are here none the less. I see you have a ledger so I wager you are more than just another common whore here."