Kubrat the Manly waited for Cagan to leave, followed - by his gesture - by Zendra.<br/>Then turned towards the barmaids.<br/><strong>"Yeah, he ain't getting back. But tell you what, ladies...we have to run off together with the pretty boy. So, any chick who swears her loyalty and obedience to me, in the next 30 seconds, gets to be close to the pretty day and night, for quite a bit of time. I'll count in my mind from 30 to 0, starting now, then I leave... though Zendra would probably be glad if none of you takes the offer. <em>Thirty!"</em></strong><br/>And he leaned on a table, finally cleaning his yatagan.