. Studying his face for a moment, she added, “So, what did you want to speak to me about?”“A few things actually. Let’s just sit so we can tal...k,” he replied, releasing her from his embrace. They sat cross-legged facing each other, and shared a smile as their knees touched.Looking at him with breathless anticipation, Sakura asked, “Did you really mean what you said yesterday?”John watched her for a moment before he replied, “I did, very much so. Would you mind if we discuss our growing. The processes were all labour intensive and, so far as he was concerned, hugely inefficient.His plans were to harness ploughs and the like in the next year to greatly increase the planting. He knew that the methods that were being used currently would never be able to cope with processing the much larger volume of grain. It occurred to him that Lachlan would be facing the same issue if he continued with the increased planting in Knapdale. The Viking raid had wiped out the Aird Driseig crop and. No, you shouldn’t. I mean, I don’t want to accidentally enslave you or anything. You should ... you should ... dammit, I really don’t know what anyone should do. Why did this happen to me?”He found a bench at the side of the lobby and sat sideways on the end of the bench, his head in his hands. A few seconds later, he could feel Tits put her hands on his shoulders as she began to lean over and rub her chest against his back. Without thinking about it consciously, he gently took one of her hands.