“The only thing is…”
“Yes?”
“We can’t manufacture them,” he said frustratedly. “We haven’t got the materials and we don’t know how they’re made.
You’ll have to trade for them.”
“I can’t. Not right away, that is. First I’ve got to be able to make the Traders understand what I want, and then I’ll have to find out what they’re willing to trade them for.”
“You have some other stuff?”
“A few things.”
“You better turn them over to me.”
“Some that could be dangerous. Anyhow, it all belongs to me. I’ll give you what I want, when I want and…”
We were off again.