Naturally, Teja is now pondering what he can make for Charlie to wear in that hole - what would look good upon his flesh, and what he could show proudly in front of all those over-civilised men and women from his world.

Almost absently, his fingertips keep caressing Charlie's navel, to see which way the flesh is pierced, but also because this is, in the end, the belly-button of his beloved, and so enticingly intimate to touch.