The Mamluks (The Mamluks Saga: Episode 1) - Plot & Excerpts
He was older now. But since the Mamluks didn’t record time, I wasn’t sure of his exact age. Juozas was a little taller than me, and he looked to be well over two hundred pounds. Like all the Mamluks, his body was incredibly muscular. And, like all the male Mamluks, he had to keep his head shaved. In their culture, it was believed that only females should have hair. We were engaged in a feisty game of cat and mouse. I covered my eyes as Juozas chased me, splashing water at me. Finally, he caught me and pulled me down. I screamed cheerfully as I went under water. When he pulled me up, I coughed while laughing, and heard Juozas say, “I have you now, Mother.” I spit out a few gulps of water. “All right—I give up.” Afterward, we relaxed in the sand and dried off. In the distance, I could see a group of hovercrafts collecting water from the ocean. Each one had a metal hose that sucked the water into a vat. The water was then transferred to the city and used as needed. Some of the water was brought to the sandstone buildings and spilled into a hole in the corner of each roof.
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