You have all worked hard to get here, and you’ve earned a moment of merriment and rest, but tomorrow, the real work begins, where you shall be forge... into proper knights. Whatever reason you have for coming here, you leave it at the door, for every step you now take on the path of life will be under this flag.” He pointed up to the flag of Uther, hanging over the door. It depicted a shield with a swan on it. “Uther’s glory, its prosperity, and its safety; these are what you will lay your life. "I would pull a banner behind the Canary but I think it is a little to underpowered for that. It is also shut down for the duration of the winter." I guess you can act as the official greeter, if you come down this afternoon about five," Wilson informed me."Sure why not," I said.The restaurant had a pretty good opening. It wasn't great, but we were in it for the long haul. Mainly Mel had kept her overhead down, so the odds were good she would make it on some level. She might not be ready to. But, the rifles and pistols are not to be touched for any reason, and tell the men, 'No souvenirs!'"He laughed as he thanked me and ran down the ramp to spread the news. Koma came around the side of the warehouse and beckoned for me to come. I followed him to the tree where Mikey was tied and stopped at a signal from the shaman. He asked Mikey a couple of questions in their language and seemed satisfied by the answers he received. He came over to me and bowed to me before he spoke."I think you. I think four of us made it out of the twenty that went on that raid. I reported to Lt. Foster and then found Suzanne. I took her to the captain's tent where she had been waiting, held her in my arms for a time, kissed her eyes, her ears, her cheeks, her mouth and then her mouth again, sat her down and told her that her loving husband was dead. She sniffed, but she did not cry."How?" she asked, holding my arm. I must have smelled and looked awful after six days in the woods, sleeping in hollows.