He strode out of the sanitary just as Lord Admiral Vortas stepped into the middle of the room. "The carriage has arrived," he said in a somber and som...what curt voice. "When I left the deck, the driver was showing some sort of document to the guards."Gedric nodded once. He looked around and let out a small sigh. "I wish I could bring something with me. None of my belongings are particularly valuable, but many have sentimental value. I have kept something from every ship I was ever assigned to. Or fir wafis usko godme uthkar room me legaya or uske ghodi baneko kaha or wo ghodi ban gayi fir mene uski pyari gand ko dekhakar pagal ho gaya or uske gand ke cheddko apni jeebh se chatne laga to meri bahbhi tadpne lagior fir mene uske kulho ko bhi chtne laga bade bade kule dekhkar mera lung fir tight ho gaya or jatke marne laga to fine fir apni ek ungli uske gandke chedme dali to meri bahbhi ichhhh kar gayi or boli ral agar ek ungli bhi nahi jati to pura lung me kese gand me lungi. to mene. "Adas almost tripped as he stepped up the first step. "Uh... my name isAdas, noble Vizier. Just Adas... I have no second name."The Princes collectively burst into fits of laughter. Their mirthstopped when the Vizier started to scrawl the name down on one of hisscraps of paper."You can't be serious, senile old fool!" Ibn Buckpuck scoffed. "Anyonecan see the man, if that is what it seems, is a pauper unworthy of..." Any man, Prince or pauper, may seek the Jann-born's hand in marriage,"the Vizier. "Tell me more about what my redone life would entail, should I should decide to relive it?" I could tell that the Energists had severed their connection to my neural network as I worked through this difficult personal situation and they didn't know what my answer was going to be."Very well," they began again. "You will need to return to an age where you are 17 years old or younger to ensure that 23 year time gap." I simply nodded my head at recognizing that condition. "On your return, you will.