Ah… and she thought he was crazy. He balked for a moment. Well, that wasn’t too uncommon a reaction – in fact, he’d become quite used to it. It was the same look you got from passers-by when you actually stopped to give alms to beggars or couldn’t be bothered to haggle down the price of a kebab. And this would be after interrogating the vendor, as politely as possible, about whether the meat in question had any pork in it.
“… Not quite. They, being my teachers. And -- er, the Prophet. I’m supposed to find Tian Shi, because that’s where New Mecca is. And I have to face that way to pray.