”Beatrice nodded slowly, it was roughly what she expected.“Virtually all of Prince Charles’ descendants had military training,” she observed s...owly. “George, as William’s putative successor, would have done as well once he was old enough. I haven’t. My father served with distinction in the Falklands war, but neither I nor my late sister were expected to serve. We were too far down the,” she paused and gave a slight smile, “too far down the pecking order.”“Yes ma’am. I wouldn’t worry about that.. It is obvious he is interested in you. You flirt with him, even though I am at your side, but I smile and wink at you when you glance my way to gage my reaction. The stranger introduces himself as Nic. We tell him that we are Steve and April Williams.You ask him about himself and learn that he recently retired from the Army and now works as a Construction Manager. He asks whether we have ever been here before, and of course, we have not. Has asks if we would like a guided tour, and you give him. Jason asked the AI to summarize the events up until the end of the meeting of the day and send it to Porquenta, Linda, and Andrea, and to Ouma Chatzke with the briefest explanation possible about the reason for the visit to the planet. He thought that the University issues did not need to be explored in any detail for Ouma Chatzke and did not want to waste her time.At dinner that evening Jason wanted to discuss the security arrangements for the first duel. Jason’s team ensured tight security. The third street behind us was Midway road and I had only been over that way a couple times. As I was riding along the street, I looked to my left and unbelievably, I saw that man from the park, cutting his grass with a riding lawn mover. I began to shake some and even though he didn't see me yet, I was secretly hoping that he would. I rode past his house a few driveways and then turned around and started to pass his home again. This time, he glanced up, saw me and stopped his mower right in.