It was the heat of the afternoon. The sun was high. "On your back," I told her. She lay down, and I took her. Then I put her on her stomach, and untied her hands from behind her back. Then I put her on her back and retied her hands, wrists crossed, before her body, holding them in place, at her belly, with a loop of strap. "On your feet," I told her, "and face again southwards."
"Why have you tied my hands in this fashion?" she asked, her back to me.
"Because you are beautiful," I said.
"I see," she said.
"Begin moving," I told her.
"Yes, Master," she said.