They pulled up when they got to us and asked us what our business was. We explained to them that our small town was a family settlement, and while we�...�d love to have them visit us, there were certain rules that would apply while in town. I began to outline the rules, which included surrendering all firearms when they entered the town. Their guns would be returned to them when they left. They calmly listened to me and I thought that everything was going fine until one of the biggest of them,. " ... can't do much more expanding. We don't know for sure, but we suspect that we are occupying the attention of several Sa'arm systems which would otherwise be moving on." Second, the Confederacy contacted us for the sole reason that they needed protection from a threat they couldn't face. Politically, our stand here shows them that we will do what they need, we will stand between the helpless and the Sa'arm. Every day the Beer get with no Sa'arm on their planet is another day of proof that. ‘I hope there is no trouble for some of these establishments have developed in just rubbish dumps. However, his fear didn’t eventuate for the new arrival was a woman well into middle age and her daughter and he was to find both were not the ‘full quid’ and this was reinforced when he was cleaning the gutters. It was an awkward manoeuvre in twisting himself to get the rubbish out of the gutter and not fall off. He wore old shorts and he always found his balls were always falling free, that. They seemed shocked at this, but were appreciative, as they were quite old and their bones were brittle."Let us show you to your cottage," Brian said after Kell and I had picked up the Treasure chest again, and we and our Wives followed him and Etain to the cottage, that had been prepared for us."It hardly seems fitting for Kings," Brian said, as he opened the door for us, and we all entered."We aren't Kings," I told him quietly, once inside with the door closed. "It was the Eternal Flame that.