.. yeah, I can probably work something out." Rose looked a question at Maki. *No, I can't control anyone's mind. I just filled her in on the lastlittl... bit of the conversation. Her mind starts to wander sometimes.* "Thank you" Rose said to Aoi, noticing that it came out "Domo arigato"."You're really saving my butt." "Nah," Aoi came back, grinning. "Kohaku isn't into that. Yet." Rose wiped her forehead in an exaggerated gesture of relief. Aoi got on her eCom and called home. After a moment, she. Dick James showed up first. We had a very long talk about the influence of the President on foreign policy and Congress on foreign policy. Then we discussed the difficulties of making the differences work.The conversation circled around Nigeria, its problems and its wealth. Wealth was one thing Boko-Haram wanted. Nigeria was loaded with wealth of many kinds, oil was one of them and the easiest to turn into quick money.The other was precious metals; Nigeria had plenty of them. The world wanted. I wasn’t aware that I had to have approval for taking merchandise out of the country and bringing it into the country.”“Oh, Frizzle! Frizzle! Frizzle!“Doug, are you aware that in the US a business has to pay income taxes on the profits they make, regardless of where the merchandise is sold? That means you need to pay taxes on the profits you made selling merchandise in the Multiverse, in addition to the profit you made selling merchandise on Earth. I will look into the matter of you not going. .. ing broad must be half muskrat,” Gunther swore as he and Joey tromped through the swampy area along the shore of the Ashley River in the area behind the Citadel in the darkness with only a hand light for illumination.“Careful your upper Midwest origins are showing,” Joey warned him, as the big man gave him an angry stare.“Fuck you asshole,” Gunther told him, before taking up his angry quest for the young woman again.“Where the hell is she?” he demanded as he played the bright light over the.