"Haha! No, no land speed records today, I promise," I giggled at him. Weboth stretched for a few minutes and started our run.We ran one of our regular...loops, which took us about an hour and twentyminutes at a good but more relaxed pace than our last run. We continuedto joke and make small talk, and a few times we tried to bump each otheroff the course. It was something I needed desperately to brighten my moodafter what had happened at lunch today. Walking back to his dorm for ourcool down. The corporals will receive two shares, the feldweibel four, the lieu tenant six, and the captain ten. That is the rule among free companions."The men murmured among themselves for a few moments, but most nodded. It was indeed the standard distribution. One man seemed dissatisfied, though."By my count, that means twenty-three shares for your family!" he shouted.Joerg did not have to answer. Angry shouts were directed at the man."They did more than a fair share of the fighting!" Without Thorben. Most of the old farm his mother's parents used to own was under the water of the lake. That was when Uncle Taylor came to town and was elected Sheriff. With an oath Jess stood and walked once more toward the business district. It took him almost 20 minutes to walk to the attorney's office. During that walk he got several glares but not one person spoke to him.When he walked into the attorney's office the receptionist gave him a cheerful greeting and asked, "How may I help you today sir?"Jess. It was a flimsy story, but the fact that Baha heard it and bought it made me feel better. I didn’t want to give any advance warning of my intentions to those Emirs who encouraged piracy.Baha introduced the older couple, his parents from Samarra, which was a two-day ride from Baghdad. After seeing that I wasn’t upset with their son’s lack of proper decorum they exclaimed about how proud they were of their son and thanked me repeatedly.Baha had been busy in the short time he’d been here. As he.