"Any of your population understand the mechanisms?"
"Certainly, brother."
"Then bring technicians. They'll be best able to understand what we want, and maybe they can make it clear to you."
"As you wish, brother."
The baron terminated the contact and turned to his staff with a satisfied smile. "I think we shall have what we need and be gone quickly," he said.
"The elder took it well. They must be afraid of us."
"Respectful awe is more like it," the baron grunted.
"I suggest the answer is in the word 'brethren,'" came a voice from the back of the room.
"Meikl! What are you doing in here?" ven Klaeden barked irritably.
"You called my department for a man. My department sent me. Shall I go back?"