We were well into the third course of the meal when I happened to glance up and saw the cloud. SAW THE CLOUD!?! Hell, the sun was long set and the sky...was dark. There should have been no way that I could see the cloud. Figuratively, this scared the shit out of me, and I pointed out the phenomenon to Chief Umgallah who was sitting next to me.He was drinking a long draught of the local beer, but he did glance up to look at the cloud. His reaction was even more forceful than mine. He spewed beer. Will settles in and he uses his long rifle to shoot the man who fired at him. He can legally return fire on him, but not the rest. The others shoot at him, and some fools are using handguns. Will takes careful aim and he drops five more before the idiots think to take cover behind trees and rocks. He swaps cylinders and he returns to the combat to shoot six more of them. He can’t believe how stupid these men are. They’re moving to his position on foot and are now about fifty yards away, except. No one will do business with an Indian in these times. If they do they rob them blind or just take what they have to sell. I need to find someone reliable to hire to help us. I also think we need to find someone who is educated enough to help you here in the lab. I know a little chemistry as it applies to engineering but that is damn little. I know a bit about designing and building a refinery too. One of these down timers who work in the field knows more practical petroleum chemistry than I do. Gotta be supersecure, though. And we need the highest levels of reliability as well." I have a very secure and reliable network," he said. "Especially after the fire in our data room a few weeks back." Central location?" Yep. Just sort of grew that way." And you're diversifying now?" Oh, yeah."We had a pretty good day, he and I. I saw physical installations, talked about how we needed to get the network into places where it hadn't been before. Towards the end of the day he brought me back to.