Of course, nobody was harmed by this as far as Doug could tell, and it had become a strong unifying force for the communities that Doug's traders coul... reach.This rise in trade resulted in people in other towns also starting up trading operations to jump on the bandwagon. Doug did all he could to encourage this rise of other trading communities. Furthermore, when Doug let it be known that the trade in tampons depended on the safe conduct of his shipments between communities, there was a. The other Dragons and I contacted the House Leaders to let them know that if they didn't follow our instructions then the hostages, made up of members of their family, would suffer." We went out and ensured the House Leaders remained in their hotels." She looked up again but quickly bowed her head. "I remember Russ and Roy calling to tell us that you fought them and got away. Other Dragons went out to rein you in, but none of them seemed able to stop you. For some reason it made me mad and I. "She went out and I saw Claire and Elizabeth looking in with Josh standing behind them looking over their heads. Soon Louise came back with a cup of thin gruel and a cup of some kind of herbal tea. I suddenly was starving and tried to reach out with my right arm. Again I felt the sharp pain in the shoulder and winched. "Do you want something for the pain?" Louise asked. I nodded and asked for some of the willow bark tea. I wanted to stay away from anything stronger.Using my left hand I managed. Cascade was one of the worlds we had designated for settling when and if the time came that we could let the people of Earth know of the existence of facets, and of our ability to travel to them. In the meantime, there were the buffalo.We jumped to Cascade at midmorning, local to the region the buffalo were currently moving through. I put the three of us on a high bluff overlooking a sea of grass and within it a great, wide brown river of flesh.Titan's coat went hard, and the colors cycled.