Despite only being friends I felt a little guilty as I had been married for almost a decade to a truly marvelous woman. A woman I knew I was lucky to ...e with. And a woman who gave me everything I ever needed or even dreamed of. And in many ways Emma and Ria were similar in the way they dressed and conducted themselves. Both career driven, both good women.Emma too, had just returned from her honeymoon with a man she believes to be perfect.So Emma and I enjoyed a friendship. We never touched and. I should put in a complaint about this. Lack of service, dereliction of duty? I would have to write to my MP about it...Before I could lapse into total hysteria, though, I heard a new sound - the first I'd heard since I'd arrived, aside from the tinkling of those bloody fountains. And this was not architectural - it was a definite scrabbling noise, a grunt such as could only have been made by an animal. I set off at a run.And, to my vast surprise, found myself running towards the thing, not. These are things that aren't available in your world. You would have to know to make them and keep them working. It's too soon for your, er, our tribe, dear. As much as I'd love for you to have those conveniences, it's too early," I explained to my wife."I know. These things seem like magical to me. I have lived without them all of my life. I don't see a reason to worry about that. What do you think, Lora?" she asked her sister."I agree with you and our husband. Okay, he isn't technically my. Still we needed more food and not just for them. The ex-pirates ended up split between Elsa's camp on the promontory and another new settlement to the west of Oak Hall. Again we gave that group a ship that we'd taken from Minos and some supplies that we'd taken from Wang's ships but they needed more and I needed to provide it.To solve the problem I sent a trade mission to Indigo. That city-state was bigger than Oak Hall, Izmir, and Blue Harbour combined and they had access to more resources.