.. breathing easy; actually happy to be here.In this plain, inartistic environment, Sibilius radiated contentment. He felt free of the stress of his p...sition as Regent for the first time in several years – at least for the first time since he and Béla had climbed aboard the great ship and began the long voyage to Jupiter. Béla suddenly realized that, as strange as it was for a member of a space-faring race, her father didn't actually care for space travel.'I must be too self-absorbed, ' Béla. He went home that night shaking his head in awe.We ran our regular patrols at night while Carol was doing her training. Also, we wanted to hit the Carnoli family in the pocket book again, so we started looking for more protection racket couriers. With two of us to follow couriers (Gail was training Carol), we managed to find three more collection centers. This time, we just concentrated on the after-hours collection where we could get a lot of their money all at once. This took a while, even. They had recorded our time in my other world.All the stuff I had brought back was in a storage room, with the exception of a few cases I had in my suite. One of those contained coffee. I was experimenting with a non-electric coffee maker. It took a few tries and false starts, but I finally got the hang of it.Now I had coffee all of the time. I offered some to anyone who wanted to try it. Most said it was too bitter. When I added cream and/or sugar, they found it agreeable. They were fascinated. "Berin's voice moved further inside and grew closer to the bed. "Oh, indeed, Farlor! And I must say, I do enjoy dealing with an Overlord with such a direct approach." I will not stand for pussyfooting around. In my view, the primary purpose of a Conclave is to make deals. The issue on the table is almost secondary. Why should I hide this?" Oh, I most agree with you. Very wise words, indeed." A pause. "And you have been graced with the lovely Amanda as well it would seem." I had not expected it,.