Shireroth

Soon the camp was filled with portable quartz lights, DVD players, barbecues, wading pools and more tents than he could have imagined. All-Mart. Sigh. Well, they DID have power packs for the disruptor rifles. And the manager said he could have 12 armored cars delivered by Wednesday. And all the men ...

Santiago, get this man a disruptor and a sword. Do we have any spare horses?

He saw the confused figure at the edge of the campfire's light.

Come, brother, if you are friend to the Kaiser and the Dutch, and sup with us this evening under the stars!

Bah, the fool put his mid-ocean ship christening on K-Span. Light of Lumina, indeed. He should have been out here, on the border of Lumina's Light, in the open prairie, trying to make volunteer cavalry into a credible defense of the attack feared to come across the emptiness from Skiron. He patted T...

Captain Gonzalez!

Ah ha!

But with all of the nobilitiness, someone will have to guard the rights of the peepul!

(He draws sword. The tip moves far too fast too see. Leaps into the saddle of his black horse, hidden in the darkness.)

Away, Tornado!

Arnold!

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remaine...

HA, HA!

He did. That is why El Zorro invented the bullet-proof vest!

Away, Tornado!

Have some Mango gin before you go. (Takes the glass) Ah, it is a civilized country after all! I am thanking you for the drink! Ahhhh! And now, it is off to make more of the moral pronouncements in others faces elsewhere! (Draws sword, passes it across a board fence) Z

(Dust clears) Good evening to all of you, and especially to all of you from the woonderful state of California! Years ago I rode with my sword and my whip to protect the peones from the governors who would torment them! I am come to your country now, to defend those that need defending! Talking of b...