The process worked well and within a few moments we were ushered into his presence.He greeted me enthusiastically "Greetings my Lord Amesworth at last...we meet. I have heard much about you in the past weeks, and it seems that with your success you have made many enemies, some of whom have the Queens ear. Her Majesty is not well pleased with you, having cancelled your proposed betrothal to Lady Anne-Marie Archer, who incidently has recently lost her father."I confirmed that he had been in poor. "Steph's reply seemed scripted, and I strongly suspected that she had some ulterior motive for visiting."Maybe I'm the exception," I stubbornly insisted."You skipped the re-assimilation training!" she cried in exasperation. "Maybe Kael was looking out for your best interests and you just don't realize it yet. I mean, has he ever let you down?" Emily certainly wasn't fun." Do you know what I'd give to spend an entire week with a client like Emily?" I find it hard to believe you would blindly. In between, we gave each other shit about everything. ‘Oh God, this is really good, Rob. What is it?’ ‘Huh? Oh, I don’t know. This. That. Chilli sauce?’ ‘No thanks. It’s quite hot enough.’ ‘Is it?’ ‘I think you’ve burnt out your taste buds.’ ‘I know I’ve burnt out my wallet, Mel.’ ‘What do you mean, Rob?’ ‘Oh, sorry. Thinking out loud. I guess I should say though. We’re just not getting anywhere with the band. Money wise I mean. We’re having a ball, but just not making a buck.’ ‘Oh.’ ‘Don’t. “My Lord, I’m sure engineering could make two small craft for the children that could fit in the back garden. We can construct a hanger beneath the garden if you so wish?” Stan helpfully suggested to an open-mouthed Lauren, Dan and the children. “For shopping, I would suggest one the size we used today. You could then take many of your friends. It’s also good for interplanetary travel and can even travel to the Empire. It’s not optimized for such travel, but if you wish we could change some of.