He opened both containers and the two men saw their contents. The cask was full of gold bits and the smaller square box had two electrophoric-laser guns, like those which they had lost.
"You will need this while in Pomperaque, masters!" Cavander echoed to them what Empal had told him they were to be used for.
He was ready to leave their room after he made the beds for them, and he was about to open the door, he looked straight into Boyce's eyes.
"We all loved your father and mother, my Lord!" he said.
Boyce nodded to him.
"Yes, I know, Cavander!"
Cavander sighed then left the room and the two men decided to sleep through part of the afternoon.
By the time that dusk came around, Boyce and Lloyd were awake and they had a nice bath down the hall. They dressed in clean clothes then went down to the tavern and had something to eat and drink.
When they were dressing they discussed with each other their needs to start recruiting people and their only conclusions were to either risk being given away by some satisfied follower of the ArchBishop, or to be killed by some desperate sorts who would take them for spies or just as troublemakers.
Their final decision was to start with the lower classed folk of
Pomperaque; those who