And with that the great mayor Thomas James Taggert brought together the warring fractions of V-town to form a single cohesive government. It was a titan's task, one that not a single of us could ever achieve, but he did. It was through his action, and his action alone, that V-town is still here today.”

It was finally with that the prof paused to take a glance down at his notes. Gods, this was as bad as when I was back in collage... no, worse. This old man, a dog of some breed, was quite possibility the only person I've ever met in my life who could talk not only while breathing out, but also in.

And I've spent the last gods know how many years dealing with politicians.

Politicians!

I'd just about been able to convince myself that the bugger was done talking when he started up again.

He'd already been at it for over forty minutes. At this rate there wasn't going to be any time left at the end of the period for me to talk.

Perhaps I should just count my blessings.

I was sitting up on a spacious stage in one of the nicest halls of V-town University. I was supposed to be here to give a lecture about the structure of the government and the history of the city. I was one of the few people in the city in a position to actually be able to talk about such things, having a degree in history and being a former mayor, but I was getting a feeling I wasn't so much as going to get a word in edgewise here.

I wouldn't have minded so much but the dog just wouldn't stop talking about me.




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