" I know," Rod said. "I've heard many of the elders commenting. They giveyou the credit. They say you are the best thing to happen in theirmemories."R...ver blushed. "It is not me. It is the river. It speaks to me, and Irelay that to the people." She shrugged. "But what we need now is tospread the message. There are dozens and dozens of little bands andreservations across the north, and we need to help them. The children inthose communities are committing suicide at an alarming rate. I think. There was a second war in 1812, but in the end it’s their ass that gets whipped, and we’ve not had problems with them since then. I want to so devastate them this time around that their haughty provincial attitude is driven from their heads.”“You commented strongly in calling Manifest Destiny stupid,” observed Francis. “Can I ask why?”“Yes, but first let me read you something from our future,” and read:“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are. As for Miss Hartwell, she’ll soon see that her anger was misplaced. You’ll see Zan.” Shelby stated.A small smile crossed Zan’s face as he slowly turned toward Derrick. “I have to agree with Shelby Zan. You did as much as you could. In this last case you went beyond your duty.”“Thank you Sire, that means a great deal coming from you. May I make a request Sire?” Zan asked causing Derrick to stop a moment. Zan and Shelby had by far more of their emotion circuits open, he guessed it was possible.“I. Then as i could take it no longer I told him everything Id seen that night, what I saw, how i was confused about it and most crucially of all, his dick was beautiful. From that he stood up and said well you know about playing, and I have just played with myself, maybe we could do it together possibly, you know I have you all of next week when your parents go away for their honeymoon and with that he walked away slowly, with the feeling that he was content, even then I knew he could sense that I.