Patterns incised on this mineral form seem to evade the eye; you have to stand at a certain distance, and in a particular light, to make them out. This impediment is part of the charm for him.

Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship?

I’d just passed Kumux and was heading into Yushugou; the sun was already down behind the mountains.

It serves seafood, but it's the porterhouse and eye fillets that jump off the plates here.