Lord Kronk agreed and Mia and the old man left just before lunchtime.Mia found it strange that the old man went to every caravan and trading store ask...ng about the trip and any information about the routes from the coast to here. It was the same story small raiding party of orcs mostly to the north and east to the coast. The two returned for dinner and Lord Kronk asked for a small story after dinner. The old man said he had the perfect short tale.With everyone seated and drinks poured, the old. She was a very bright girl at the top of her classes in school so she picked it up rather quickly. She knew the difference between RAM and ROM. When we got to hard drives she was amazed that you could put so much information in a little package. She had a little difficulty understanding what a terabyte was until I told her about the bits, bytes, words, double words and so on. A couple of hours later she had a very good grasp on a lot of the buzzwords that computer geeks, like me, toss around.. "You have been in the city less than a day and already I have been to see you twice. Are you sure you do not wish to join my force?"Jonar's pale face turned red and he stammered. "Lord Lailar, I-that is we-"The veteran gnath lord waved his hand and smiled. "Never mind, young cordach. The important thing is you got your Lady Myka out of Lord Malin's office alive," he said, his tone friendly. "The Governor was sending us over here anyway to make sure Malin did his job and left her alone. He is. . , I... , prefer my own sex.”There was silence in the car. Laurie looked to Brian for some response and she could see he was thinking of what to say. She let the silence continue.Brian finally said, “I thank you for telling me that. I know it was a hard thing for you to say. I sensed that something was on your mind throughout dinner. To be honest with you, I am disappointed hearing what you just said. I was hoping you would have invited me in to your condo and I could have my wicked ways with.