Silki arranged her filmy frock carefully over her shapely legs, then placed her small hand on the big man's burly arm. "My name is Silki and I'm from Camulodunum." She giggled. "I think that must be pretty far from here," a tiny frown crossed her face, "wherever here is."

"Do you have a name?" she asked her hero. "I do hope so, otherwise I'd have to call you Man!" At her new friend's stunned look, she explained in her own inestimable way. "It's much too short a name for such a big person! Besides," she added, "I already know a Man or two!"

"I'm hungry! Are you hungry?"

Not waiting for an answer, she reached into her bodice and withdrew a shiny gold card with 'Frederick's of Camulodunum Master Card' engraved on the front.

"You see," she said happily, "I have this magic card that my employer gave me and anything I want I can get with it!"