| "Deep within the temple of Tsa-Terrathu loomed a colossal image of the Goddess; an opening in the ceiling bathed the idol in daylight. Sculpted from an a single block of orange-pink marble, the statue was two voluptuous nudes in one. Flesh gently creased at their ankles, each had one heel raised, lifting a thigh between the other's legs; fingers pressed into each other's buttocks, the marble marvelously dimpled about the sunken digits, the figures were joined as well at the tongue tips and nipples. "Torrisanna knelt before the idol, touched herself upon the lips and breasts, then between the thighs; rising, she turned to face her visitor." |