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King Ahmed, Pharess, Freemocy and Razrif finally have sight of the Fortress as they travel the road to Najat. The men are tired and looking forward to catching some sleep. The training camp is just ahead and they check in at the gate. King Ahmed tells the men to catch about two hours sleep and then they will be up with the men of the camp. King Ahmed has a room of his own which also has an office in the front. Ahmed keeps some extra clothing at the camp. Omar greets him and they go inside to the office. King Ahmed tells Omar that they will have to send out patrols to bring in the Nomads who live on the Black Sand Desert. They are very vulnerable out there by themselves. The short wave radio is located in the King's office. The radios are located at all of the training camps, on all of the ships and there is one in the office at the Palace. The Rain Forest covers the southern part of Oman, then the main area populated is located at the base of the mountain range. This is where the large cities are located. Then near the Equator is the Black Sand Desert and to the north is the Black Sand Sea. On the far shore of the sea it is more temperate and different kinds of forests exist. The trees here are used for lumber. There are logging camps located up there. They also have short wave radios. These men and the Nomads must be called into the populated areas. All of this is to be arranged today.

Omar and King Ahmed make all of the arrangements for this and Omar contacts the men up north via the radio and tells them to come in as soon as they can. The Nomads do not have a radio but they do have cell phones so Omar will assign one of the men to contact them and have them come in for the sake of safety.

After their meeting King Ahmed tries to get some sleep. While he is lying down he calls Ishtar who is probably sleeping. Her phone rings and she answers it. "Ishtar, this is Ahmed. How was your day?" "My day was good Ahmed. I spent time in the attic room making sleeping potions and studying the poison Susha plant. Everything is well here and I know you have responsibilities. Still I miss you presence when you are gone. I like to help you so just let me know what I can do. I will always try to do as you ask."

"Ishtar you are doing very well considering you have not been here for too long a time. I like you to practice your powers until you can do them with littly effort. For now I will go. I have to try to get some sleep. Good night."

Morning came quickly and it was time for Ahmed and his men to arise. Razrif was in charge of contacting the Nomads and the logging men. He decided to travel to Kruata after all and suspects he will just be sick on the ship. He hopes not but King Ahmed wishes him to make the journey with him, Pharess and Freemocy. So this is settled.

Ishtar is now awake and she rises and decides what she will wear this day. She decides on her black clothing with the white head scarf. She dresses and makes her bed. Tidys the room and puts on her makeup. Tartufe has been in the room. He is waiting to go outside. Down the stairs they go. Ishtar goes to the kitchen and lets the kitten outside. Them she prepares her breakfant and coffee. She sits in the dining room and considers what to do that day while she is having her breakfast. She thinks it is best that she works in the attic room and tries to prepare some of the medicines she has read about in one of the books. All of the jars are labeled and she has read that she can get additional ingredients from the Watanis. Ishtar decides to make a list. This will keep her busy for most of the day.


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