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He listened and went through the notes provided. He sipped his Scotch as he read.
"Its citizens will pay taxes to the Royal Exchequer same as everyone else" he said in a low tone to himself. He then looked at Elizabeth and gave a chuckle. "I wish you luck with that." He took another sip of his Scotch. "If the Crown seriously thinks that people who were on that planet long before Bretonia learned of it or even the Cretans who migrated there, the Queen is delusional." He then sat up a bit. "And a Zoner state, a piece of land proportional to the Zoner population? How nice. At least when the Crown brokered a deal with the Zoners for a refugee camp, it was just that, a negotiation. What is being offered now is a dictation."
He took a deep breath. "I would like to remind you who built much of the infrastructure on that planet. All of the medical facilities are Zoner made by..." He took a light bow from his chair. "......yours truly. My home is on a base deep in Baffin, Med Force One or Planet Erie. I have not been to Gran Canaria since the threatened takeover."
He sipped his Scotch again, realizing he needed a refill. He leaned forward and did so before sinking back into his seat. "You know, I would think that after a long fought war with Gallia and Kusari before that, the Crown would enjoy some time of peace, at least with the houses anyway. Time to rebuild, time to heal. When the Zoners ran the planet, there were times when things were tense but peace prevailed. I have dined with the most evil, as you would call them, of Corsairs. Miguel Sephardi was a friend as we often worked out differences. Not once did I ever hear something negative come from his mouth about Bretonia. I have worked with Mollies, Hessians and the Coalition." He held up his glass, pausing in thought before finishing. "A voice of reason yields better results than any gun does."
He sipped his Scotch. "The Crown would be wise to think about that."
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