Guess whose coming to dinner.

[Doc Holliday]

Doc just thanked his wife with a smile as she stood with a return smile. He took his fork and took a bite and complimented with his mouth full, "Delicious as usual." He chewed it, swallowed it and then added a late, "...Dahlin" to it. He noticed Jim waiting for something and said to him, "What are you waiting for? Dig in!"

"I will let you gentlemen talk," said Midori as she smiled, turned and walked inside, Doc all the while watching.
"Isn't she beautiful?" he asked aloud. He then snapped back to matters at hand, "Anyway...."

"In my travels throughout Sirius and even a trip through Gallia, I noticed a common problem. Government oppressing the people to where they have no choice but to rebel. Look at the Unioners. Laid off shipwrights and damned good ones I might add at the hands of the Rheinland government."

He took a bite and continued, "The Xenos are another good example. Most rendered poor due to foreign trade in Liberty." He paused a moment, remember that his guest was a Junker, an enemy of the Xeno, "But I never understood why they made enemies of the Junkers."
"And lastly, the Gallic Council, branded criminals by the Gallic Royals. Why? Because they wanted freedom. They wanted autonomy. They wanted to expand and explore Sirius. And anyone who does anything for them is branded a criminal in themselves."
Doc then grinned, "Aurelia DeFrance, the princess of the Royals, just assume have me dead. How she forgets who gave her power here in Sirius.....I did!" His grin then went to a straight face, "Thirst for revenge clouds her judgement. How wrong I was to give her the chair of the old Council"

He paused momentarily and after a couple bites of food, "That, Jim, is what is wrong. We can change the thinking of these "criminals" but the House governments need to change too. They fight over territory, bullying those who are there. Any Freeport 2, Freeport 6 or Freeport 1 Zoner will tell you that. I mean, isn't all of this fighting the reason why humans came to Sirius? They didn't learn."

He then took a moment to continue with his dinner and simply asked the question to Jim, "Now, doctor, how about that back of yours? I'll have much more success with that than I will reforming the mentality of Sirius."

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