"It is a diplomat's job to be such," said Q'yros. "I daresay our diplomats are no less annoying to their hosts." And now Roquan is yet again a thorn i... my side!" the Emperor thundered. "With his westward trade route cut off, you would think he would clamor at the chance to trade with the Urisi. He is likely doing this simply to spite me."Q'yros did not have the patience for this line of conversation and decided not to pursue it. "My Emperor, I wish to request..." Q'yros, I may need some. I was wearing a black leather shirt with black leather trousers, the sweat on my body was ridiculous but I couldn't help sweating through my leathers. I had gone out & we ran into each other, completely bemused by the fact we were out of the usual office attire. We then heard a song we liked and walked on the dance floor together. At first it was playful, then I put my hands on her hips & she didn’t resist. She in fact started to grind against my crotch and I reciprocated & a full size boner. It had been obvious both to me and several of my friends, that a newly divorced, rather wealthy guy had been hot on her during a recent party. But she had, after letting him play for a while, politely told him that as long as her husband was a good man, she was his only. The seducer had replied loudly enough for several people to hear, "I respect that, but if he makes any mistakes please call me, and I'll be there."Now I suspected that the time had come for him to collect a great trophy so I. Okay, I wasn't going to give an entire facet to someone as a gift. First of all, it wasn't mine to give. But I did immediately make plans to give them access to it.Step one of my plan was to introduce Archipelago to the Hurlon. Our new friends were not suffering from any kind of population pressure. They did not need to settle new worlds out of any kind of political or social pressure. They were simply endlessly curious and adventurous.The delicate negotiations to give the Hurlon permanent.