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give the first pump free, it’s already here.
Give the first boxes of tools for free
mutual defense
Emancipation
Common Currency
Sanitation program
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With the pen lifts from the paper, the Princess can’t help but to feel pride in her work- the price been high but now both Kass and Maple Hills are brothers in arms, and knowing the Americans- they’ll be overjoyed at the protects of trading with these people, food and metal in exchange for the goods the Americans can make from them.
‘’Princess Cora’’ says the Lord ‘’I’ll wish to see this Maple Hill sometime soon- but for now- I wish to see to that water pump get installed’’
For once the smile of Kass is genuine, even if he’s honorific to the fallen princess is hollow.
‘’Also I heard of your people’s ‘Moonshine’, i would like to purchase some from you’’
Cora smiles ‘’of course Lord Kass, it’s a bit of a specialty of the Americans, one of my men can show you how to mix it well-‘’
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That night the entire convoy dined in the great hall of Lord Kass, the modest hall housing almost 30 people, with the food flavored with spices that was among the Pre-Glow goods brought along.
During a low in festivities the Princess, an engineer, and Lord Kass sneak away to a side room, where a boxy contraption is sit.
‘’Lord Kass- this is what we call a Radio-Telegraph, it’s not the best we have but it’s something we can reliably build and we can teach you how to build and maintain it.’’
‘’How do I use it’’ ask lord Kass
Cora press down on the lever on the device, itself a relict from a time before the Americans had split something called a ‘atom’. ‘’I don’t quite understand but this lever tells the device to make noise that can be heard by other devices, and can be heard with these earmuffs.’’ Says the Princess- underselling her understanding of the device.
‘’Why wasn’t this mentioned during the- negotiations?’’ Ask the lord
‘’Simple Lord Kass, the Americans like to downplay what they can do and go around assuming that everyone also dose the same, it seems to work.’’
The Lord Kass press the lever of the device after putting on the earmuffs ‘’and you can translate these noises into words, clever, instead of having to send curriers, I can just sit in this room’’ the man thinks for a moment ‘’This will help greatly in trade and war- if the old Empire had this- we would have been able to defeat the 3rd hord!’’
‘’we could had won if we had many things, Lord Kass’’ say the Princess ‘’perhaps the Empire can be born anew with help from these Americans’’
Lore Kass nod a little ‘’perhaps- or it’s time to build something better than the Empire’’ leaving the unspoken implication in the air.
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Before the princess leaves- dose she go to the market of Kass to see what she can find?
- yes
- No
