We sat and sipped, with me waiting for him to speak. For some reason, Quanta was strangely silent and I felt my guard coming back up again."Mr. Morgan... my name is Michaela, but I am called Mikey by everyone in the village. When the previous elder was whipped to death by the overseer for not making us work hard enough, my people chose me to take his place. I am sure you are wondering what this meeting is about and what I am about to tell you. First, though, I would like to know what your plans. When I came out of the bathroom she was standing in the hall waiting for me.“I promise I'll never do this again,” she said.“Do wha -”Her right instep landed squarely in my groin, and I dropped to the floor balled up in pain, unable to get my breath. My stomach noted up in pain as my entire being screamed out. A pain that man probably every man has experienced at least once in his life.When my vision cleared, and I got my breathing under control I looked up at my wife. She was looking down at me. “Doing what?” “Oh some book-keeping” “… you know learning the ropes … and keeping a watch out for things.”Sheldon was the Managing Director for a large retail supermarket, he was also Yvonne’s brother in law, in a double whammy he was married to my other aunt’s sister so he was connected on both sides. A very astute man he said little but had a watchful eye. He was also much younger and in some respects closer to our generation. He was the one we called when we were caught by the police joy. "Because the Gauls and the Germans were never conquered, the Treveri became very influential and controlled a vast territory, and a number of vassal states. Other tribes, especially the Germanic ones, were jealous of them, but the Treveri of that time had many powerful Wizards, and also a strong fighting force in their cavalry, which was the best in that age."However, after about seven hundred years, their power waned. France had been largely consolidated by then, and the German States had.