At the time I was willing to bet the Crown Prince manipulated production to convince the King to close the mine as not being productive enough to pay ...he costs. This would allow the Prince to divert the production to fund his terrorist ambitions. It all made sense to me the more I thought about it.The mine property covered six thousand acres, both mines, all mineral rights and what was left of the airport, the short runway close to the mine, and the town including the hotel where I killed the. ‘Why thank you kind sir.’ she said before taking a sip. ‘Mmmm, this is very nice. I hope you aren’t trying to get me drunk.’ ‘Why would I do that?’ he asked innocently. She grinned, ‘Dunno, I’m much more fun sober than drunk.’ ‘I’ll try to remember that.’ ‘Make sure you do.’ she replied and then walked away from him. By 2 a.m, the revellers had thinned out, Josh noticed Kimberly standing close to the French doors leading to the back garden. She smiled back at him and then walked outside. . almost unanimous.Since it was almost a foregone conclusion by lunchtime, Cricket had already started building the new outreach centre for the Crater Lake people, and despite the vote not being official yet, Mark called Kaleb to update him with the results so far. Edward, Jonah, and most of the normal gang were nearby when he made the call.“Kaleb, my friend, it looks like we’re adding another associate member to the Federation. You can probably send the onboarding crew.”It surprised Kaleb.. " Misty complained loudly over the howling laughter in the large room.Jake added to the mirth with, "Come to think of it, has anybody seen Ralph today? Is he in the hospital, or did you guys just fuck him to death?" He was fine when we left his place this morning." Misty replied nonchalantly and then broke out laughing as hard as everyone else. Recovering, she added, "He said he'd be in the computer lab until seven this evening. Really, he's fine, Jake." Your turn to fess up, Jake." Janet.