“Because a white girl swimming would arouse them and maybe you would be raped,” James explained.“That’s crazy, you just don’t want me to hav... any fun, I want to go swimming, I want to get bare like the negros and go swimming like a slave because the way I see it they are freer than I am!” Jessica railed angrily.“Why,” James agreed, “Don’t you just ignore me and do just do the hell what you want.”“Fine, then I’ll go skinny dipping,” she said provocatively.“Sure,” James agreed, “If you want to. No, Master! You must not do that.”Kamal Qumsiyeh, the Head of Protocol nodded his reluctant agreement with Ghada Baroud, the Advisor on Foreign Affairs. The two men feared for their jobs, and possibly for their lives. Open defiance of an absolute ruler such as the Emir is not generally a career enhancing move; on the contrary, it is a life threatening option usually. They looked over to General Mustapha, the Military Advisor for support, but he was much more diplomatic.“Your triumphant entry. ”“Sure, Harold. Sorry I forgot.”“Couldn’t common stock in the corporation be negotiated or sold?”“Not technically. In any case in which a corporation is privately held, there are inherent restrictions or the corporation becomes public and is saddled with all kinds of SEC restrictions. That’s why we can’t just sell you stock of our own. The corporation has to issue it.”“I see,” he paused. “I hate to bring this up, but what about the disposition of the stock when I ... when I’m gone?”“Don’t talk. Old houses had been torn down and replaced with family communes that held small constellations of people – some related by blood, other by contract, and others by nothing at all. Interspersed between were all the things the encalve needed: A 3d print shop, a mechanic depot, a MediCore outpost with a single very grumpy GP, and of course, the media center.This meant it had quite a few people who were out enjoying the sun or doing their day jobs – mostly via teleoperation – and that meant plenty.