”He smiled at the human ex Admiral without saying a word, but as soon as the supplies arrived he was no longer needed and he would show this human w...at Kermac did to those that outlived their usefulness.He cared less about the secrets the First Wizard wanted secured.The real secret was not in believing in ancient prophecies and living in the past, but do it like the Terrans and embrace the future. He was certain that this was the true key to success. With the Terran weapon secrets exposed and. He had a good feeling about Blanton Construction, and their future with Verano Custom Millwork.He also had a good feeling about his future two weeks with Bonnie along the Oregon coast. If he could arrange the Blanton visit for mid-July, his decks would be clear for an uninterrupted vacation for the first time in four years. In the meantime, he had a couple of other issues to deal with. One was to come to a decision about Will Franzen. He had an idea that had been rolling around in his head over. After a lunch of cold fruit, bread and cheese, Lisa almost shyly asked, "You said you had more of those videos?"Dan grinned, "So you found you liked hard core films, eh?" Lisa nodded and actually blushed a little. "Well, it so happens that I have a total of twenty nine of them here. Some aren't commercial tapes, but ones I've gotten copies of from some guys on campus. These are amateur stuff of them and their girlfriends. The quality isn't always the best, but the tapes are really hot and show. We will leave once we find what we came for.”“What’s in it for us to just leave?” Fender yelled from the distance.The gnome chuckled. “Your lives, of course,” he said. “But let me sweeten the pot a little.”The gnome reached inside his robe, and pulled out a bulging sack of gold. It wasn’t clear where that sack had been hiding in his robe previously. The gnome untied the string securing the sack, and gold pieces could be seen glittering inside the sack.The gnome smirked, and poured the gold.