“B C, are you ready to move in?”
“I am.”
“Grang, you want to say anything before we go?”
Grang leaned back in his chair and grunted.
“I’ll take that as a no. Take us in BC.”
The small white ship moved toward the jump limit and slowed as it approached. It stopped and BC said, “Grace, have you decided about helping us?”
“Yes, I have. I’ve decided to send you two teleport boards from the old Searchers repair inventory. They’re an older model and were manufactured before the Gammas. However, I’m uncertain if the defense computer will allow me to send them out to you.”
Scotty said, “What seems to be the issue?”
“We’ve had a major disagreement over my decision and I’ve warned him not to interfere with my decision or I’ll do all I can to remove him from the facility.”
Scotty stood and said, “Don’t send them, Grace.”
BC and Grace both said simultaneously, “What?!”
“Grace, your facility has the most dangerous weapons in this universe. You must not do anything that would weaken your defenses. It’s more important that those weapons are protected and prevented from being taken by those that could harm helpless civilizations. You must avoid doing anything that would weaken your ability to prevent their being taken. We appreciate your willingness to help us but I will not accept them under these conditions. BC, take us home.”
Suddenly they heard, “You’re willing to face defeat at the hands of the Searchers at New Ulmerton?”
Scotty thought a moment and said, “If it means weakening your facility, absolutely. If your advanced weapons were released into our universe, the resulting harm would be far worse than those six Searchers. I can’t accept that happening. We will deal with them with what we have.”
“Grace, I will not stop your boards from being sent.”
“What changed your mind?”
“This one understands the danger we represent. His refusal to accept our help when he needs it desperately has satisfied me that he will keep our existence secret. It also shows me that he doesn’t seek our advanced weapons.”
“Would you allow me to update his two older ships to the Gammas?”
There was silence and finally they heard, “Only Anglo. Jessica’s beams and screens are already stronger than BC’s.”
“What?!”
“BC, she was built for the Kosiev. Of course her armament would have to be strong enough to handle a Gamma. I will not allow a ship of that power anywhere near this facility. She can stay at the jump limit to be updated.”
BC said, “Who would have thunk it?”
Scotty asked, “Does Jessica know the power of her beams?”
“No, she’s never had the opportunity to really test them. That bunker she hit wasn’t hit when she was in control of her systems. The teens only used one of the reactors. The Gammas only have one reactor; Jessica has two that powers her weapons.”
“Grace will you send us the wiring diagrams so we can install the board?”
“I’ll do better than that. I’m sending some of my mechanical workers to install it now. It’ll take a few hours but it’s a lot safer than you attempting it yourself.”
BC said, “It’s here.” Scotty looked outside the viewport and saw a small globe next to the ship. “Open the landing bay, BC. And thank you for your help. Do you have a name?”
“Yes, my name is Alexander.”
“Any relation to the Alexander Kosiev?”
“I am a copy of his processing systems.”
“Now I understand your caution; you are driven to protect this universe. And again, thank you.”
“There’s something that I feel you should know.”
“What is that?”
“New Ulmerton is not your real problem.”
Scotty looked at Grang and saw him sit up in his chair, “It isn’t?”
“No. The King is actually in power because another one of the former Provinces allows it. It is there that your real threat lies. If you pressure New Ulmerton enough, he may call for help.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because that Duke has more than two thousand Searchers in his fleet; if you remove the King at New Ulmerton, you will certainly cause the other Duke to investigate.”
Scotty sighed and said, “One step at a time. This news certainly changes our options. Thank you for your help, anyway.”
Scotty watched the mechanical engineer come in and start installing the teleport board. He wondered if the former leaders of the Stars Realm had the problems that were facing his small empire. It was so fragile.
BC was just about finished with his update. Grace watched the work being done and said to Alexander, “How did you find out about the other Duke?”
“I wondered why New Ulmerton needed so many slaves. Any industrial society quickly learns that the price of using physical labor is too high. Then I saw ships leaving with raw materials. I placed a probe on one of them and discovered the former Province was alive and doing well out on the other end of the universe. It survived almost intact from the civil war and is now expanding its power. It sent two thirds of its ships to attack Ross and held two thousand in reserve.”
“Does it take slaves?”
“No, but it rules with a very heavy fist. Why have slaves when you can force your will on those you rule.”
“Are they aggressive?”
“Well, New Ulmerton is paying tribute to them in the form of raw materials and it is bankrupting their economy to do it. I’ve also seen hundreds of ships arriving with raw materials from other places. It appears that King is setting up many civilizations to absorb into this Kingdom. That Province still has the old technology of the Realm.”
“Do they have teleportation?”
“No, not yet, however, they are working on it.”
“It wouldn’t be good if they get it.”
“Tell you what. When Anglo comes in, give him a level ten beam and screen.”
“Why?”
“I want to see if he’ll refrain from using it except when absolutely necessary.”
“Why is that important?”
“If he can’t avoid using a ten, what will he do with a fifty level beam?”
“You make a good point. It sounds like you’re starting to trust them.”
“To a point; however, I still have the probes on them if needed.”
“I’ll send the engineers out to Anglo to do the updates. I agree, we should exercise caution in allowing anyone near us. I’m sorry, Alex; I didn’t think it through.”
“Thank you, Grace. You’re starting to see what I fear and it’s vitally important that we work together on this.”
June and Mallory were in the forest gathering grellup pods with twenty children. Mallory learned two days earlier that she had been assigned to June to assist her in the chores she was assigned. The first two days were spent in silence as she followed the orders given her. She gathered pods and observed June. Mallory was amazed at how the children loved the beautiful black haired woman. She wondered why June was given such menial chores. She sighed and continued to pick pods. One of the children ran up and asked, “Miss June, can I come to your house and play tomorrow? Pleasssseee.” Immediately, ten others started yelling, “Me, too. Me too.”
June smiled and said, “Tomorrow is the full moons. I won’t be here but maybe I can see you the next day.”
“Awwwww, ok.”
Mallory picked a pod, looked at June, and asked, “What does full moons have to do with anything?”
“I go to the Zord community every month when the two moons are full to see if they will carry out my sentence.”
Mallory sat back on her heels, “What sentence?”
“I’ve been sentenced to death and my penalty can only be carried out during the full moons. So far they have not been able to get the ten elders together to carry it out. Maybe it can be done tomorrow.”
Mallory looked at June like she had three heads. “Are you serious?”
June looked at Mallory and smiled, “Yes, I am. I deserve to die for my crimes. I know Samuel will suffer when it happens but he understands why.”
“What did you do to get a death sentence?”
June lowered her head and said, “So many awful things that cause me misery at the thought of them.”
Mallory took her legs out from under her and sat down facing June. “Tell me what you did.”
June took a deep breath and sighed. Then she looked across the clearing and yelled, “Jinny, quit picking on Beal! You know that’s not how we treat each other.”
Mallory saw the young Cainth girl frown and say, “Yes, June.”
June looked at Mallory and said, “I was once the Queen of the Criston Kingdom.” Mallory furrowed her brow. June smiled wistfully and said, “Before I was queen, I was the oldest daughter of King Talben. I was married to a wonderful man named Lem and we had a son. That was the happiest time of my life. I loved Lem so much. But Lem died in a ship explosion and I was so angry at a universe that would take my joy. I turned bitter.”
“My son asked if I could find a kingdom for him and I thought of Criston. The King was young and had a daughter. I hatched a plan to kill his wife and replace her. My plan was successful. I made it look like an accident.”
Mallory was shocked. “Are you serious!?!”
“Yes, then I invited the King to come to visit and eventually had my father persuade him to marry me to join our kingdoms. I told him I loved him and he finally agreed. Once I was on Criston, I began bribing the nobles ruling the planets in the Kingdom to support me in replacing him. I made that happen by build hunting lodges on this planet and selling hunting permits to kill the Zord. We killed thousands of them. All the lodges had their heads mounted on trees.”
Mallory shook her head, “That’s terrible.”
“I know. Then I found out the truth.”
“What truth?”
“My father planned to use me to annex Criston into his Kingdom years before Lem died. He had Lem killed and suggested to me through someone else to kill Wesley’s wife. He twisted me and made me a monster and I went down the path never knowing what he was doing. My son knew it all and never told me.”
Mallory looked at June and said, “You never had a clue?”
“No, I didn’t. The Zord saw it in my son’s mind and allowed me to see what had happened. They graciously allowed me to go back to save my youngest sister; my father was arranging another accident to kill her and her family. I promised to come back for them to carry out my sentence if they would allow me to try and save her.”
“Did you…uhh..save her?”
“With the help of the Zord and Emperor Robbins, I did. I immediately abdicated the Throne of Talben and named my sister Queen. Then I came back to have my sentence carried out. Tomorrow, I will see if the Zord will do it.” June stood and yelled, “Alright children, let’s see who gathered the most pods.”
The children screamed and ran forward to show June what they had collected.
Mallory sat and thought about what June had told her.
Later that evening, Mallory walked to Julie’s home and knocked on the door. Julie opened it to find Mallory standing on the porch. Julie stepped out, “Hello Mallory, how can I help you?”
“June tells me that she is going to the Zord to see if they will kill her?”
Julie stared at Mallory and said, “Yes, she is.”
“I just can’t believe that June did the things she says she did.”
Julie walked over to a rocking chair and indicated another chair. Mallory sat down as Julie looked up at the sky and said, “Just like you can’t believe your father has done the things we say he’s done.” Mallory nodded. Julie looked up at the sky again and said where Mallory could hear, “Who is on guard duty tonight?”
“I am, Your Majesty.”
“Will you ask Kreej to come see me?”
Julie waited and then they heard, “He’s on his way.”
Julie smiled at Mallory and said, “What do you think about our community?”
“You live in primitive surroundings. This is not an easy life.”
“We’ve been unable to develop our planet because of raiders that came and killed us on El Prado. This is the first time we’ve ever had peace.”
Mallory listened as Julie told her about the dangers that were on El Prado. She wondered what a Torg looked like and just how big the grey cats actually were. After what seemed like a very short time she heard, “I’m here, Your Majesty.”
Julie stood and Mallory followed her out into the small clearing in front of her house. A medium sized Zord was standing there. Julie looked up and said, “Kreej, this is Mallory Jongo.”
The Zord looked at her, “The New Ulmerton King’s Daughter.”
“Yes she is. She wants to know if June was telling the truth about her crimes.”
The Zord looked directly at Mallory and said, “You doubt that her father could have fooled her so completely.”
Mallory nodded, “I just don’t see that happening. June is a very smart woman.”
“Just as you are, Princess. Go sit in that chair on the porch and I’ll show you what happened.”
Mallory turned and went back up the four steps to the porch and sat down in a rocker. Kreej said, “We’ll start with the destruction of the hunting lodges and go forward from there. If you have any questions, just ask.”
Mallory closed her eyes and saw five runabouts chasing a Zord over the forest.
Julie knew it was going to take some time so she went inside and brought out a blanket and covered Mallory. She then went back inside and went to sleep.
“Grace, can you install Jessica’s board?”
“Bring her here.”
BC said, “Jessica, can you breakaway for a minute?”
“Sure, I’m at the learning center with Timmy.”
“Grace is going to install a teleport board if you’ll meet us here.”
They heard the excitement in Jessica’s transmission, “Send me your coordinates.”
Scotty looked out the view port and thought about the other Province with thousands of Searchers. He waited five hours for Jessica to arrive at the jump limit at Bristone’s system. Finally, Jessica arrived next to BC. “What do I need to do?”
Scotty said, “Just open your landing bay and the doors to your bridge. The engineers will arrive momentarily.”
“Hello, Jessica.”
“You sound familiar. Who are you?”
“I’m a duplicate of the Kosievs positronic circuits.”
“You sound just like Alex. Did you get his memories?”
“Yes I did.”
“Why did they leave without me?”
There was a long moment of silence and then they heard, “They didn’t know they were leaving until the very last moment. They had every intention of fighting the traitors but Jake talked them out of it. Before they knew what was happening, every teleport device was disabled and the Realm was transported away. We lost contact with the Realm the moment they disappeared.”
“I’ve wondered if I had done something wrong. Thanks for telling me.”
“I’m absolutely certain they would have come for you if they could.”
Scotty thought he could feel a sense of affection for the shuttle from the defense system. He wondered about Jess not being allowed near the facility. BC said, “Your Majesty, I’m going to teleport you to Jess and go find Anglo.”
“That’s a good idea, BC. Let me know what’s going on.”
“Will do.”
Nathan sat in his command chair and listened to Daulun’s transmissions as he screamed at the Searchers that had failed in protecting his daughter. “Boy, he’s hotter than an overused blaster.”
“Yes he is. Stand-by just a moment, I want to hear something.”
Nathan heard the communications and wondered what Anglo was focused on.
Greyson listened to Daulun’s rants and finally had enough, “Your Majesty.” Daulun stopped screaming and focused his anger on the ship that had the gall to interrupt him. Greyson continued, “Our choice was simple; we could protect you or protect her; it was impossible to do both. It was especially true if another Searcher Class ship was involved. Two of us went to the attack on the building facility and that only left four of us to insure you weren’t taken with her. Would you like us to focus on your daughter in the future? You know your safety is the most important thing to us and our loyalty and protection is to you first.”
Daulun was going to order the Searchers to fire on the disrespectful ship but then thought about what it said. If he destroyed it, his protection would be diminished. He fought hard and brought his emotions under control. Finally he said, “Ok, how do we find her?”
Greyson listened to suggestions from the other five and thought about why he interrupted Daulun. He felt sick to his being at what he had become. Then he heard Daulun sneer, “You don’t have any ideas?”
“I was going to suggest sending every scout back to that planet we destroyed and have them started searching for the place that ship originated from that point. If any scouts are destroyed, we’ll know we’re getting close.”
Daulun yelled, “Why can’t the rest of you be that smart? Make it happen!!”
“Something is wrong with that Searcher.”
Nathan looked at his display, “Which one?”
“The one that destroyed Haldale. His transmissions have subtle overtones challenging the King. Something is wrong with his responses.”
“Is that important?”
“I don’t know, Nathan. However, we need to develop a plan to deal with those scouts.”
“Anglo!”
“Hello, BC.”
“You need to go to the Defense Facility to be upgraded. Scotty is there waiting for you.”
“I’m going to have to handle an issue with scouts that are being sent to find us.”
“I’ll do that. I am now the proud owner of a brand new, old, teleport board and I’ll bring Jessica in to help when she completes her updates.”
Anglo downloaded all that he had recorded and BC said, “I think we should try to fool them.”
“How?”
“I’m going to teleport in on those scouts that are searching in the opposite direction of the Empire. By destroying them it should send them in the wrong direction. I suspect it may delay them.”
“They could figure out that we’re doing that but you’re right. Without knowing for certain, that is where they will be forced to go first. They wouldn’t know that we’re listening to their plans.”
“Have they started sending the jump coordinates?”
“Not yet. I’ll leave this in your capable hands and head over to see Grace.”
“Do you want to leave Nathan with me?”
“That’s ok, BC. I’ll stay with Anglo.”
“See you later.”
Julie woke up and found Mallory asleep in the rocking chair. Kreej was coiled up on the ground in front of her house. Julie saw Mallory’s peaceful expression and wondered what had happened. She touched Mallory on the shoulder and she slowly opened her eyes and yawned. She stretched her arms and said, “Good morning, Your Majesty.”
“Good morning, Mallory. Did you find out what you wanted to know last night?”
Mallory smiled and looked at Kreej, “He actually answered every question I threw at him. He’s shown me his species entire history from the time they were kidnapped to El Prado to last night. I was amazed at what your husband and Jingo did on The Night of the Torg. That is a memory I’ll never forget. I’ve learned a lot.”
“What about June. Do you understand now?”
“Yes, I do. I could feel her terrible pain at discovering just how evil her father was and what she had become.” Mallory looked at Julie and said, “The Zord will never have ten elders to execute her sentence, will they?”
Julie smiled, “Just don’t tell June. It’s the only thing that keeps her from focusing on her crimes. She is their Grang.”
Mallory shook her head. “I would have killed him but I can see that would have been a huge mistake.”
“What about your Father?”
Julie saw Mallory frown, “He’s been deceiving me my entire life and I can see what kind of person he is now. I just wonder how he could have ever made me his successor. He’s worse than Canton.”
“He probably wouldn’t have allowed you to succeed him…”
Mallory interrupted, “What do you mean?”
“When were you supposed to marry?”
“Next year.”
I’m taking an educated guess here, but I suspect he is getting you married so you can have a child before he names his successor. That future husband of yours…”
“Canton.”
“Yes, Canton appears to be pretty cold blooded. I suspect your father wants him to be in charge in the event that something was to happen to him.”
“But he’s not in the Royal Family.”
“No, but if you have a child and you were to die in an unfortunate accident….”
Mallory saw it, “Canton will become the Ruler until my child comes of age.” Mallory thought for a moment then angrily said, “And after Canton solidifies his power, the child will also have an unfortunate accident. Everyone is right, my father is evil. He’s disgusting.”
“That’s how I see it. He would never allow someone with a good heart to assume the throne. He picked Canton because of the attacks on him by other members of the Royal Family and he can count on him to make them pay. I suspect he was quite angry about those attacks and would do anything to prevent them from assuming the throne.”
Mallory nodded, “He was incredibly angry. Three months after the last attack, ten of my family members were killed in a hover accident. The runabout lost power and fell to earth.”
Julie just looked at Mallory. She shook her head and said, “I remember he was smiling when he heard about it. He didn’t know I was watching him. I should have learned from that experience that he is not what I thought him to be.”
“Well, do you think he’ll try to find you?”
“He’ll exhaust every means possible. I’m his only child and he knows he’ll lose the throne to another family member if he doesn’t have me around to have a child or he will have to have another. He’ll use all of his resources to find me.”
“Did you know this Canton?”
“I thought I did, but it was all a lie. He pretended to be high and noble by ridding our galaxy of slavers. Now I see he’s one of the biggest slavers in our Realm. He disgusts me as well. He’s the son of my father’s best friend and I know what kind of man he is. He had his oldest daughter executed for treason. She was a good person and would never commit the acts she was accused of committing. Now I suspect it was done to make Canton his successor. I’m almost certain that he and my father came up with the marriage to continue their control. I think that ship was right; I’ve been incredibly naive.”
“Mallory, what do you want us to do with you? We know you’re not an enemy but if we send you back, they could force you to tell them where we are.”
Mallory frowned, “I’m sick to my heart at what I’ve learned. I never want to see my Father again. I’m quite happy to stay here with June and the children. I think it’s ironic that two Princesses are picking pods for the community.” Mallory looked up at the sky and said, “When is Nathan coming back? I want to thank him for treating me with kindness.”
Julie smiled, “He’s with our ships attempting to prevent your father from finding us. However, he should be back within a week. When I see him, I’ll tell him you want to speak with him.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty. Now I need to go and take the children to the woods. June won’t be back until tomorrow and I know they miss their time in the forest.”
Julie smiled, “Thank you, Mallory, and welcome to our community.”
Nathan sat in a chair wearing a spacesuit. Every port was open to space and Nathan watched as numerous machines moved in and out of the bridge. He saw cables running out of the bridge toward the reactor. The cables they were replacing were one third the size of the new ones. Panels were out of the ceiling and scattered on the floor next to him. Scotty offered to take him back to Bristone but he had refused. He just didn’t want to leave Anglo during the updating. It was like leaving the hospital during a loved one’s surgery. He felt Anglo should have someone present. “Nathan.”
“Yeah, Anglo.”
“You were right about the Duke’s daughter. I’ve just talked with Julie and it appears she was deliberately deceived by her father. She was going to be married to a real cold blooded Baron that would have eventually eliminated her.”
“I thought her emotions were real. You were still angry about Haldale and missed it.”
“She said something that concerns me.”
“What is that?”
“She had dreams about Bristone. She also said you were in her dreams.”
“It could have just been someone that looked like me.”
“Now you’re missing it; she was certain it was you.”
Nathan thought about what he was hearing. “Does that mean anything?”
“Yes it does. I’ve had Jess scan the Princess when she and Scotty arrived home and she has a passive psychic reading that is huge.”
“Where are you going with this Anglo?”
“You do as well Nathan.”
“What!”
“Yours is actually higher than hers. Why do you think you were able to take the bowgun training from the Zord when very few others could? It’s because your mind is different from all the others.”
Nathan thought about the training and remembered everything felt so real. Then Anglo said something that snapped his attention back.
“I believe that this universe is preparing for a huge war that will determine our survival.”
“What do you mean by that!?! How does my having a high passive psychic reading have anything to do with the starting of a war?”
“We have some time before my updating is completed, so I’m going to share my thoughts with you. I want you to listen and see if you see anything wrong with my deductions.”
“Sure, I just don’t understand where you’re going with this.”
“You’ve seen the history of the Stars Realm.”
“Of course.”
“The first King and Queen of the Stars Realm were the strongest psychics on their planet. They ended up together. The historians concluded that the war with the Alliance was just for the purpose of them meeting. Those same historians also agree that it was primarily done for them to have a child that would ultimately stop the destruction being done by the Algeans. It seems that the creative force that made everything seeks balance. When life is being destroyed in huge numbers, the universe seeks balance.”
Anglo paused and Nathan thought about what he had learned of the Realm’s ancient history. Anglo let him digest what he had said and continued, “The thing that most don’t see is that every time the Realm was threatened by an overwhelming enemy, an individual, or a couple, that possessed super psychic abilities appeared. It was those super psychics ability to chart a path that saved the Realm.”
“Anglo, we don’t have any psychics in our community and we certainly don’t quality to be a realm.”
“The old planet Earth wasn’t a realm originally and that’s where the first psychics appeared. We’ve not had any really strong psychics since the Realm left with the Gardners. We’ve also not had any one that I’ve scanned over the last thousand years that possessed anything more than very minimal psychic readings. Now we have ten people that top the scale on passive readings. Four of them are now couples.”
Nathan said, “Scotty and Julie.”
“Yes, and Michael and Carrie also top the passive readings. I think you should know that Carrie and Michael almost knew the moment they met that they were meant for each other. It happened in just a few hours.” Anglo paused and then said, “Julie and Scotty had dreams about each other. Julie had hers since she was five years old and she knew Scotty was going to be her lifelong love as soon as she saw him.”
“Are you saying that the Princess and I are going to be matched?”
“Yes, and you had better not try to avoid it.”
“Why not? I’m not certain I’m ready for any kind of relationship.”
“Because, if this is a psychic event, you and she will be forced together with terrible consequences if you try to avoid it. If Bristone has to be attacked to make that happen, it will be. There is no force stronger in the universe than psychic power and events will happen to make those dreams become a reality. That princess saw you in her dreams.”
“Why would there be passive psychics appearing all of a sudden?”
“Because the children of these couples will possess active psychic powers and judging from the strength of the passive readings, they will be as strong, and maybe stronger, than the Gardners that created the former Realm. The real super psychics will come from the marriage of the children of those couples.”
“I don’t know if I like my destiny being predetermined. I don’t like being forced into anything and certainly not my personal life.”
“That view should depend on how you see the creative force that made everything.”
“I’m not sure I understand what you mean, Anglo.”
“The creative force is what brought life to an empty void. It has always brought good things into existence. Sometimes evil arises and threatens the balance of creation and that’s when the super psychics appear. It’s the tools creation uses to restore balance. Now, picture yourself being offered love by the force that originally created it. That love would be more than you could ever hope to create by yourself. Would you turn your back on that gift? Look at Scotty and Julie and observe how they feel about each other. Don’t you wish you had what they’ve been given? However, that’s not the reason you should at least see if the Princess is destined for you.”
“What other reason is there?”
“As I said before, those super psychics only appeared when there was going to be a terrible conflict; and now we see them starting to appear. Honestly, I believe our future survival depends on you and the other passives having children that will someday save us. Answer me honestly, were you not attracted to the Princess when you saw her?”
Nathan remembered how beautiful she was as she slept. He remembered how she bravely defended her father even in the face of kidnappers that she didn’t know. He saw her pain at seeing the brutality being visited on the slaves. He shook his head, “I honestly don’t know, Anglo. She’s very pretty but…I just don’t know.”
“Have you ever been attracted to anyone else?”
Nathan sighed heavily, “No, not really.”
“Well, when we’re finished here, I’m dropping you off at Bristone and I’m going to assist BC.”
“Oh no you won’t! Not without me.”
“Nathan, you need to see if there is any truth to what I’ve said. That discovery is much more important than handling a few scouts, and if for no other reason than my peace of mind, I need you to go and see. One other thing.”
“Yes.”
“I am going to request that Emperor Robbins make you my assigned Partner. You will be my Searcher, Nathan. I’ve seen your loyalty to me and though I’ve told the emperor that I would never accept another partner, I’ve changed my mind. We make a good team.”
Nathan smiled, “Yes, we do. I’m honored that you would accept me as your partner.”
“First things first; you need to go see a Princess and settle this issue. Will you do that for me?”
“You’ve made me curious about what you’re suggesting. I will do it if for no other reason than you think I should.”
“Good, our next stop is Bristone.”