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Some unknowable time later (for the light never changed inside those walls, nor did Fasani grow tired or hungry — quite as though time had no meaning at all), Sharan, with the help of her turban, succeeded in navigating many of the palace’s chambers, Fasani at her side. Fasani, to her disappointment, was not able to be of much help after all, for only the domed hall in which she had first arrived seemed at all familiar to her. The rest was changed beyond recognition.
One aspect that intrigued her was the lack of corridors or passageways or any of the structures which normally linked rooms, and permitted passage in between. Instead, rooms were stuck wall-to-wall without separation; in order to reach the banqueting-hall (a richly decorated chamber with a plethora of heavy silver tables-a
