Farmers were given first priority, but the families of the men operating the ships were allowed in order to encourage the sailors to continue making t...e voyages and not to jump ship as soon as they got here.We arranged for the sailors and their families to use homes in the Long Beach enclave and flew everyone else to Esperanza for an informal introduction. There, they would receive their military training and would be shown the available choices where they could move if they wanted. We. I am flattered. The Prime will be here shortly should you wish to find a seat."A slightly curved, overstuffed seat for two appeared a short distance away. It was low and seemed to be upholstered with soft, dark leather with a high back. There was a round coffee table in front of it with a matching single seat facing the double seat."Oh, nice," Alesha said as she sank into the buttery-soft leather. "Maybe we need to have her furnish our new home. This would certainly go well in our great. She loves me so much.Okay, I call home about every day.Captain Emile Huffstedder didn’t look like the movie-version of a ship captain. He was portly and sort of waddled. But his passengers weren’t the type panting to be invited to dinner at the captain’s table. In fact, I don’t know where this particular captain ate. Bet his friends called him Huff. Rhymes with Puff. As in Dragon, not a blunt. I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow ya. Stop.I saw the captain from time to time, walking, mingling,. . well,” Damon stammered a bit before giving the floor to the Seneca woman.“I don’t have a Social Security number. I don’t have a driver’s license. I don’t have a regular job. I do the gardening in Sun Garden. That is my duty, my job here, my vocation. I’m not registered with any tribe. I don’t pay any taxes, other than sales tax, and that only in cash. And I was their first ... permanent companion other than each other. The first that they took to bed. I didn’t go back to the Senecas because I.