Throughout the weeks since the trade negotiations, Vizier Al-Hakam traveled across the Mediterranean and got back to Baghdad.
At a certain point, the man was stuck in the Strait of Gibraltar due to an ongoing storm and thus had just now made his way back with the first crate of Fire-Lances.
At the moment, Al-Hakam was once more in the Palace of Baghdad, informing Caliph Harun al-Rashid about his successful acquisition.
The two had gathered in the grand courtyard outside the palace's walls, where they walked around the beautiful geometric gardens throughout the area, the scent of jasmine heavy in the air.
Unbeknownst to the two executives, Princess Zaynab was nearby, calibrating a primitive astrolabe.
She was trapped inside the palace from a young age, like a scholar in a gilded cage.
Her only companion throughout this time was her mathematics tutor, a brilliant but deaf old man.
