Still, rebuilding was already ongoing, even if he thought it added to the ugliness. Sturdy wooden frames and brick walls rose all around him. His path...took him past the new Hussar barracks. Damn, that was going to be nice when it was finished. He almost wished he was still a regular, and not with The Dark Hussar's 1st Cavalry.Almost.The gate was open when he arrived. Empty supply wagons were leaving, oxen not having much of a problem with the snow and mud mixture where the road used to be. Lewy. I estimate your strongest weapons, are the only weapons that exist in the entire empire that might be able to damage them even slightly. Recommend stronger weapons or defensive retreat till you have developed said weapons and shields."Mark was afraid of that, when he'd first seen them he thought they might be an invading force. Sighing he knew he had to call the emperor, if the man wasn't such a prick, then dealing with him might almost be pleasant.Taking a deep breath Mark activated a special. " "Fine, but will we both fit in there?" "The costume is big enough for both of us." So we headed into my bedroom and Tom unzipped his costume and I noticed he was only wearing his boxers. He noticed me looking. "Oh yeah forgot to tell you it gets pretty hot in this costume so you will be better off if your also only wearing your boxers too." I didn't say anything but all kinds of thoughts were going through my head, I am a straight guy and it seemed like it would be awfully awkward to be. That was, I could see, by farthe most prolific economic activity I found up to that point in myjourney.Around this time we saw, distant in the north, the clouds and thethunderstorms of the storm belt. At that time of the year (winter) therain belt was safe, that is, it remained in the same position for weeks,transporting the large amounts of water vapor from the Amazon forest inthe far north to the place which once was called Spirito Santo. Duringsummer, however, the storm belt became unstable.