When we get to town, I’ll give it to you. If you need any more, I’ll loan it to you, but you are probably going to be doing some doctoring while w...e’re there, so you will be making a little anyhow. We should figure out a way you can be in each of the local towns a couple of days a month. Hill City, Silver City, and Deadwood are all close. Deadwood’s the farthest from the ranch, a little under 10 miles.’ The thought of traveling from town to town as a doctor made me think more seriously about. Aunt Taisha wants us there for the reception to greet the various dignitaries from the re-supply fleet.”“Nice of her,” Torun replied with a grin. “Er ... will Kleevas be there?”“Yes, he’ll be attending with Minno,” I laughed as Torun’s face lit up.“Anyone else important?” Flinn asked also grinning.“Voice of Truth Aramissa, Admirals Hark and Densoss of the 12th and 13th Fleets, Navarchs Huila and Untiriol of the Melanoqi Regialis and Amazona Fleets, also Admiral Ramantillavion of the Gershonian. ..." he was stopped again."Yes you do Dexter. You want to do this. Get that in your head. Nowlet's go see you brother and sister."Angela was standing just outside the door when Dexter stepped out ofthe room. She had regained her composure and gave him a warm smile."You ready," she asked softly taking his hand."No," he said firmly."Me neither," she said as they walked down the hallway.Dexter was wearing one of his mothers black cocktail dresses. With alow cut back to just above the strap of the. We spent the first few minutes just getting to know each other, Melissa, almost by sheer force of will, leading the discussion, before we turned to our work."Did you get an idea of how many species there were in the Confederation?" Jack asked after only a few minutes. Up to that point we had only been talking about what we had researched on our own."Well, I got the impression there were only eighteen," answered Melissa, "and most were extinct. But that didn't make sense, so I explicitly asked.