"Doc Brown had a filthy cold, and was sent home to give it to her cats rather than her colleagues, so she got one of her Ph. D. students to fill in an...d tell us about her etymology research."Julie could tell from my expression that I hadn't heard the word 'etymology' before."It's about the origin of words and where they come from. This girl was studying the Puritans in Sussex in the 1600's, and the names they gave their children. It was hilarious; it's almost as if they were having a competition. Sif and I were the guests of honor of course. Egill came out of the round house and smiled. “Well it isn’t perfect but it turned out better than expected.”Sif turned to look at him. “It is a bit frightening to be at the center of such a historic event that will most likely change our planets history.”“That is a very astute observation, young lady.”She made a gesture towards the banquet preparations. “At least they celebrate and don’t prepare for our execution. I wonder who is going to pay for. Well, do me a favor and come on up to our room in a few minutes, okay? I want to give you your surprise."I looked askance at her. I pretty well knew it had something to do with my supposedly getting lucky, but not exactly what. I nodded. "Okay," I said, feigning ignorance of what was up.I puttered around for five minutes or so and headed upstairs. I made enough noise so as to give her a heads up that I was coming. What greeted me upon entering the room was an ambush. Candles and I could smell. They draped the banners over the carpet, but as the two Lords and their guests approached each banner, it was lifted out of their way. Maria Elena noticed two details about the young men. Like the female servants she had seen at the Prime Minister’s house, all of them were quite handsome and in excellent physical shape. Also, the men wore ornate collars identical to the ones worn by Anyia’s personal escort. Maria Elena and Cecilia still did not understand what was going on. Kim suspected that.