*Gravestone*

I tensed up when I saw the Zorian auto-carriage carrying the emissary. They were all over Zor last time I was there, they probably became even more commonplace in the years since. Next to it, the Gedian horse-drawn carriage looked primitive. But the comparison grew far more favorable when the dignitaries stepped out of their carriages and onto the red carpet that was rolled out for them by the handmaidens.

“Introducing Lord Samuel J. Clarke of Ged and Duke ...