'What beautiful women. There were two of them. One regal and elegant, and the other robust and energetic.'

Whew!

Amidst their shock, one of the men stepped forward to ask, "Who are you guys?"

As he spoke, another man piped up before Darryl could speak. "Oh… I remember now! Aren't… Aren't you Darren, a friend of my previous leader?"

As he spoke, the man's tone of speech was devoid of any of the wariness that had been there before.

A thought came to Darryl as he asked, "You… Are you from the