Nikos smiled and played faster. He took great pleasure in seeing such a lovely creature moving gracefully before him. He watched the rhythm of her feet as she kept time to his music and when he finally stopped and she bowed before him he applauded her.  He felt oddly sorry for the creature as she was compelled to do what she was told regardless of how it effected her.  She barely older than his own daughter, whom with his being at sea, he hadn't seen in some years, but whom he remembered fondly and sincerely hoped was safe and in good heath. When she had finished her dance he was carried away with its beauty, and Spontaneously stood up from the bed and hugged the girl, not as a sailor would hug a whore, but as a father would hug a daughter.<br/><br/>He sat down and just looked at her. Something odd had just happened and it was obvious that they both knew it. She stood quiet before him. the look on her face seemed to him to show that she was just as shocked as he was at that moment. He got up from the bed and went to his cabinet and took out a piece of rock candy, a great luxury at the time and held it out to her.