”“Thank you. Now we have something to work with. You’re sure that there’s nothing missing from our relationship? Something I’m not doing or ...ven something I need to stop doing?”“No, Kara. I have no complaints. Well, other than you’re here and I’m in Chicago. But that’s temporary.”“That one will resolve itself in nine months or so,” she giggled, “but not with a baby!”“That would not be a good idea!” I agreed.“What do you want to do, Steve? Please be honest with me. It’s the only way we can. I am an average looking guy aged 24 years old living in Delhi and it happened 2 years ago. Due to my job (in an IT firm) I was transferred to Mysore and my office was at the outskirts of the city. It took 3 hours to get to the city. So, I have to stay near my office. In the apartment where I stayed there were all south Indians as my neighbors. Few months later new batch of employees came and there she was, 32-28-34, only north Indian girl from Delhi. I liked both south Indian and north Indian. .. you mayreconsider."* * * "Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the EarthOn board were the Twelve: the Poet, the Physician, the Farmer, theScientist, the Magician, and the other so-called gods of our legends." --Donovan (1968)Part III 1187 AD The Church of Saint-Nazaire Languedoc, France"I thought you said you'd leave me alone," said the wizard, looking up athis captor.A brittle smile flashed across the inquisitor face. Dull, gray eyessparkled with life."But I have. Everything was quiet and productive after that.In Oklahoma we started two operations twenty miles apart. Charles Harwood purchased an abandoned zinc mine to supposedly turn it into a mushroom farm. Bobbie started a catfish farm on the land she inherited in her maiden name and a new corporation; Hundley Oklahoma Reclamation purchased all the useless farmland in between the two operations, mostly eroded gullies and weeds.Then the serious work began. The mine was excavated and a series of tunnels.