この小さな宝物は、あなたの頭も、呪文も、借金も、失敗も、全部面倒を見てくれるよ。
――スークアタの交易商人、パシャド・イブン・アシーム
"This little prize will cover your head, your spells, your bets, and your behind"
――Pashad ibn Asim, Suq'Ata trader
音を立てる流砂の中で初っ端の喘ぐ息を聞き逃さなければ、事の顛末も変わったかもしれない。
Perhaps things would have ended differently had its first gasping breath not been lost in the susurrus of shifting sands.
