The Visitor

“Ah Jesus Christ my head.” Henry groaned as he got up holding his head. As he got up he looked around to find he was in old fashioned hospital room, looking around he saw eight horse like creature staring at him in shock.

“Um hi there.” He said to them but they just continued to stare at him. “Are you the ones who put me here?” The tall white one just nodded. “OK. Then where is my stuff then?”

“Over there.” The purple unicorn said pointing a hoof at the table with the folded up clothes.

“Ah thank you.” He said politely as he got up and limped to the table and picked up his stuff then limped back to the bed to get dressed. “So where am I then?” He asked calmly as he finished putting his pants on and unfolding his shirt to put it back on.

“Um you’re in Equestria’s capitol city Canterlot Uh---- what’s your name?” The purple unicorn replied confused.

“Professor, Professor Henry A Safon the second and yours?” Henry replied looking at his sweater and deciding not to put it on.

“Twilight Sparkle.” She replied politely but still nervous.

“OK I HAD IT!!! WHAT ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?!” A rainbow haired pegasus demanded tired of all the talking.

“Well I’m a human and I’m here because my ship acted up and sent me into this world by accident.” He said calmly putting a cigarette in his mouth. “I can smoke in here right?”

“WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU?!? YOU SEEM PRETTY CALM FOR BEING IN A STRANGE UNKNOWN WORLD!!!” She continued to yell.

“When you’re as old as me and had the life I had you learn to roll with what life has given you, Miss---.” He said as calmly as his other statements as he got up looking for something.

“Rainbow Dash calm down this creature is our guest and we must treat it with respect.” the white unicorn said as her horn glowed pulling down the angry pegasus. “I’m sorry about her dear she can be a little brash sometimes, My name is Rarity over there is Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie pie.” Pointing to the two ponies and single pegasus, “and over there is the Princesses Celestia and Luna.” Pointing to the taller ponies.

“I understand but as I said I’m so old and this is not the first world I have visited and for the record I’m male. Now where is my wallet?” He said looking around.

“This?” Luna said levitating the folded leather square to him.

“Yes thank you. Now do I have to stay here or am I free to leave?” He asked putting the wallet back in his pocket.

“When you say you’re so old how old does that make you?” Celestia asked as her as her eyebrows rose.

“Well I my world it’s 2006 AD and I was born in 445 AD so that would make me 1561 years old.” Safon said putting on his shoes. “Now can I leave or…”

“Wait how is it possible for you to be so old does your species live a long time?” Twilight interrupted now extremely interested at what wonders this strange creature could tell her.

“No, last I checked humans have a lifespan of 100 years if they’re lucky. I became immortal or ageless I don’t really know, nor have I bothered to figure it out. So about me being here?”

“You can’t leave!!! There is so much we can learn from each other like your culture, history or technology!!! Just think of what we can do!!!” Twilight pleaded him this kind of thing could only happen once and she didn’t want to lose out on her chance.

“Listen I need to get back to my home I have a family to get back to and I need to get back to my ship.” He said looking out the window. Suddenly a look of terror came across his face “Wait a minute how long have I been out?!?!” He asked in state of panic.

“Just about two days, why?” Luna asked getting concerned at his sudden terror.

“SHIT!!! BECAUSE THE REACTOR IN MY SHIP COULD GO CRITICAL AND BLOW UP!!!!”He yelled back causing the others in the room to jump at this news.

“So how big of an explosion could it be you crashed out in the woods.” Applejack questioned hoping he was exaggerating.

“ITS POWERED BY A NUCLEAR REACTOR WITH A FAIL SAFE EXPLOSION OF FIVE MILES PLUS I HAVE ENOUGH EXPLOSIVES IN THERE TO BLOW UP A MOON!!!!”

‘WHAT!!! WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO HAVE SUCH DESTRUCTIVE THINGS!?!?” Celestia screamed.

“I HAVE TO POWER THE FUCKING THING SOMEHOW, NOW I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE AND SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!!” Safon anxiously yelled as he ran toward the door.

“YOU CAN’T JUST RUN OUT THERE YOU WILL FREAK EVERYPONY OUT!!!” Twilight quickly yelled lighting her horn to cast a spell to subdue him. But then he groaned in pain and clutched his rips before collapsing over from pain.

“FUCKING CHRIST!!! I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SHUT IT OFF!!!” He screamed while in intense pain.

“We understand, but if you're wrong and you run out there ponies will see you and panic." Twilight said trying to calm him down.

“Okay you may be right but we can't take the chance trust me a nuclear reactor going critical is not pretty.” He managed to say after calming down while attempting to get back up.

With an air of urgency hanging over them Twilight and the others walked away and huddled to brainstorm on how to sneak him out of the hospital.”OK girls we need to figure out how to smuggle him out and quickly.”

“I could try and fly him out,” Rainbow dash suggested.

“No that won’t work he’s still recovering from his wounds,” Twilight pointed out.

“OH I KNOW WE COULD PUT HIM IN A BIG PIÑATA AND SAY THE HOSPITAL DIDN’T LET ME THROW A PARTY. THEN THE GUARD WOULD SAY, “Why do you still have it then?” THEN I WOULD SAY I’M STILL HAVING A PARTY JUST AT HOME DO YOU WANT TO JOIN.” Pinkie pie said in a tone that the others didn’t know if she was joking or not.

“Well-- Ah don’t know about that why don’t we just stuff him in a crate and ship him where the ship is?” Applejack said jokingly.

“Wait that would be perfect!!!” Twilight said looking over to Safon.” What do you think?”

“Fuck it that’s how they got me to Korea anyways.” Safon said with unease finally managing to stand.

“There are guards surrounding your craft right now I’ll write a letter to let you in and you can shut it off.” Celestia said exiting the room in a hurry to go and write the letter.

About an hour later they managed to get a crate and put Safon in there with books and an array of medical equipment.

“Are you going to be okay in there Mr. Safon?” Twilight asked as they hurried to the entrance.

“First it’s Professor and second yes I’m fine now hurry up and get me to my ship.” Safon said quietly.

As they got out reporters taking photographs and asking questions surrounded them.

“Miss Sparkle why are you here?”

“Does this have anything to do with the strange creature?”

“What is in that crate there?”

The reporters continued to ask more and more questions getting in the way of getting out of the city.

“Listen I am not here about the creature I am just here to pick up some books the hospital donated to the Ponyville library and pick up medical equipment for my personal experiments.” Twilight told the reporters quickly before using her magic to get them out of her way and quickly getting away from them.

When they managed to get to the city gate Captain Stonewall was there waiting for them.

“Is the creature in there?” He asked looking at the crate.

“Yes I’m in here, now can we hurry this up!!!” A voiced yelled out from the crate.

“Well anyways, Celestia said you would lead us to the crash site.” Twilight said looking out toward the woods.

“Yes it’s just this way. About time the guards have been complaining about a song continuously playing out of it.”

The captain quickly led them into the woods towards the ship. As they got closer they saw the trail of destruction left by the crash and when they could see it they were amazed by it. Even though it was mostly destroyed they could tell it was a large saucer shaped craft about half the size of a small one story house made of black painted metal with a large phoenix painted on the top with a shattered glass dome at the top.

“Stop this area is restricted no pony is allowed here.” One of the guards said in a serious tone.

“Stand down soldier they are here with the creature to check on his craft.” Captain Stonewall told the guard.

“Yes sir.” With that the guard stepped out of the way and let them in the quarantine zone. As the got closer they heard a a strange song coming out of the craft.

“Say it to me gently, let the sweet talk flow.

Come a little closer, make love to me."

“My word such filth how can any pony listen to such raunchily songs.” Rarity complained disgusted by the music as they let Safon out of the crate.

“Ah have agree with Rarity on this one Mr. Safon. What if a foal were to hear it.” Applejack said bucking the crate causing it to fall apart.

“Professor!!! It’s Professor I may not know how I got my degree but I am going to milk it for all it’s worth and also like it would do anything to children, trust me they have heard worse.” Safon said getting up and stretching and putting a cigarette in his mouth. “Alright now let me in there and I will see if it will blow up or not.” He looked at the ship while pulling the brass rectangle out of his pocket and opening it causing it to make a flame that he used to light his cigarette.

Safon walked over to his craft and climbed up on top of it. He then walked over to the dome and climbed inside turning off the song.

“ Sorry Miss Stafford but this is a tough crowd. OK now I’m going to climb in and check the reactor if we’re lucky then it should be good.” He said going into the lower section of the ship.

As he worked the others stood there waiting for him to come out

“I win again Rarity!!” Pinkie said victorious in another game of tic tack toe.

“I don’t even know why I try with you.” Rarity replied

“This is taking too long!!!” Rainbow dash yelled getting impatient

“Rainbow Dash calm down we don’t know how his technology works.” Twilight said trying to make sure the cyan pegasus didn’t do anything brash.

“Well he needs to hurry up” She replied before flying above the craft. “Hey Mr. hurry up down there!!!!”

“God damn it it’s Professor and don’t worry I’m done.” Safon replied climbing back up to the top. “It turns out it was not going to blow so we lucked out on that.” He then sat in the chair in the dome and started fiddling with the controls. “Well thanks for the help now I am getting the fuck out of here.” Suddenly the ship made loud noises and started lighting up. The ship then started rising up a few feet before it slammed down on the ground hard knocking Safon out of his chair. “GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!!!!!” He yelled getting up.

After Safon attempted to leave only to discover that his ship did not work he attempted to fix it. He worked in there for an hour before eventually came out covered in oil, soot and sweat and his hair is disheveled and even more faded.

“Well it’s official the engine’s fried, the reactor is only producing a fraction of it’s power. The circuits in the Interdimensional transporter are also fried and my mix tapes are fucked up. “He angrily said as he lit a cigarette and took a hit.

“What does that exactly mean?” Captain Stonewall asked looking confused.

“Basically it means I’m stuck here until I can fix the transporter.” Safon told him as he took a seat on his ship.

“OK, I would love to help with that what kind of materials do you need?” Twilight asked fascinated by the prospect of building a doorway into another world.

“Lets see” He said trying to remember. “ With the reactor not working at full power I will need access to a nuclear reactor, and steel to re-build the machine itself. I’ll also need some microprocessors to make the computer work again. The rest we should be able to salvage from the one in my ship.”

“A micro-what?” Applejack asked with a look of confusion.

“You know what a computer chip is right?”

“Uhh, what’s a computer?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“YEAH AND WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO FEED IT CHIPS?” Pinkie asked.

“Let me guess you don’t have computers.” He said and Twilight no we don't have any idea what you're talking about.”OK televisions?” Another shake. “Great, stereos?” More shaking. “Radios?” He asked now very nervous.

“No we don’t have any of those things.” Twilight said growing more concerned.

Safon just stood there for a few seconds letting this information process. “Great just great.” He started pacing around in thought. “Just fucking great! Now that means I have to wait for you people to invent the right parts!” He angrily stomped his way back to his ship before kicking it. “FUCK!!”

“Where are you going?”

“TO SEE IF THE FUCKING LIQUOR CABINET SURVIVED, I NEED A FUCKING DRINK!” He yelled back climbing back into the ship.

As Safon made his way back into his ship the girls took this moment to huddle and discuss their new visitor.

“Well um he seems nice.” Fluttershy said. “When he’s not yelling at least.”

Rarity looked over at his ship with disgust. “Well I think he is a vulgar ruffian disguised as a gentlecolt. Did you girls hear that filth coming out of that craft?”

Rainbow Dash was still eyeing the ship with suspicion. “I think he’s up to something.”

“Rainbow I think you’re being paranoid.” Twilight said getting annoyed of holding Rainbow Dash back all day.

“He almost blew up Equestria, how can we trust him after that!!!”

“He didn’t mean to do it on purpose. Besides what reason does he have to destroy us, he seems more interested in returning home.”

“Whatever I’ll be keeping an eye on him though.”

Eventually, Safon came out holding a bottle of whiskey and wearing a pair of strange sunglasses with gold frames.

“Well I lucked out, now I can get drunk while I wait for vacuum tubes to be invented.”

Twilight not knowing what to make out of that decided to use this to get more information out of him.“OK then, Well Mr--” an angry glare was shot at her.”I mean Professor Safon why don’t you tell us about yourself.”

Safon walked over to the girls and took a seat on a near by log lighting another cigarette while doing so “Well there is a bit for me to tell what exactly do you want to know?”

“How about Who are you, where are you from, what is that craft and why did it crash?”

“Alright well my name is Professor Henry A Safon the second I currently live in Albany New York in the United States of America in my world, but I’m stuck in this fucking place. That craft is a flying saucer that my brother me and a few of my friends reverse engineered after I crashed the original and I have no idea how it crashed. I was flying it home after tying a couple loose ends then all the suddenly there was a fire and I lost control and my inter dimensional transporter turned itself on and sent me here.”

“Here’s one why do you have dangerous weapons in there that could’ve destroyed Equestria?!” Rainbow Dash asked trying to interrogate him.

He just sat there calmly taking a last drag from the cigarette and throwing it on the ground before saying. “Because I deal with dangerous enemies on a regular basis and just got done dealing with the most dangerous of them all.”

“OH, yeah how dangerous?”

“Very dangerous, but now he’s gone and I was planning on returning to my family but we see how that worked out.”

“Family?” Applejack asked starting to look at him in a different light

“Yes I’m happily married with a son and a daughter and I have my brother.”

“Anypony else?”

“For humans it’s anyone else and no I just got married 14 years ago and my kids are only 12. So for the longest time the only family I had left was my brother.”

“What about your parents?”

“They’ve been dead since my brother and I where 6 so his friend raised us until we were adults and became merchants.”

Applejack looked at him knowing the pain of having no parents.“Ah’m sorry about that.”

“It’s fine we moved on a long time ago.” Safon said in a relaxed manner as he took a swig from the bottle.

“If we’re done with this sad stuff, he still has some explanations.” Rainbow Dash said as impatient as ever.

“Like what?”

“Like why was that thing going to blow up?!?”

“Well because while nuclear reactors are very powerful they are very fragile and you need to be careful with them.”

Twilight used her magic to drag her away. “Rainbow Dash will you quit badgering him. He has enough to deal with without you bugging him”

Rainbow picked herself up and pointed a hoof at Safon. “Fine but listen here you I’ll be watching you.”

Suddenly a bright flash came and when it dissipated Princess Celestia was standing there looking around nervously.

“I trust that you were able to prevent the destruction of Equestria?” She asked trying to stay calm.

Safon was rubbing his eyes from the aftermath of the bright flash caused by Celestia’s teleportation. “Yes and did you need to fucking blind everyone in the area?”

Celestia breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness I don’t even want to know what would have happened if it went off.”

“Yeah let’s just say it would not be pretty.”

“Well with that threat taken care I trust you will be leaving back to your world?”

Safon looked angrily back at his ship while taking a drink from the bottle“No, the fucking teleporter broke and you don’t have the technology to fix it.”

“Can you do something else to fix it?” She asked concerned.

“I might be able to make something from scratch but I need a lab.”

“Well I might be able to arrange that. If you are going to be here for a while I will need you to stay at the castle so you don’t cause a panic.”

“I understand but I will only go peacefully if I am not put in a cell.” He said keeping a close eye on her.

Noticing he was looking at her closely she realized she would have to be careful with what she said“I understand your concern, but you must try to stay hidden.”

Safon knew she did not trust him but he needed to get home and he couldn’t do that in a cell. “You’re right but I don’t have to be in a cell to be hidden and I need equipment.”

Realizing that she couldn't argue with his logic she thought for a moment. “Very well but you need to have a guard on you at all times.”

Safon took a finale swig from the bottle and threw it in a random direction“Fuck it. I’ll go and get a suitcase.”

“We’ll get the crate ready Princess.” One of the guards side.

With that Safon went back to his ship and after a few minutes he came back with a suitcase in hand.

“Here hold this.” He said throwing his suitcase to one of the guards who struggled to pick it up. He then walked over to the crate and got in it for the guards to seal him in it.

“We’ll tell you when we get there.” Captain Stonewall told him before leading the group back to the city.

The guards loaded the crate onto the back of a wagon and started to take it to the city. Safon looked out of the hole they left for him this time and saw the trail of destruction left by the ship crash. “ Wow I'm glad I was able to steer away from the city." He said to himself with a sigh of relief.

After a little while they reached the city gates and after some talking between Captain Stonewall and the guards stationed there they opened up the gate giving him his first proper view into the city of Canterlot. Looking around Canterlot he was getting flashbacks to London in the late 1800’s. There were what looked like old gas streetlights that were retrofitted for electric lighting. Stallions dressed in frock coats or sack coats with colorful vests ties with shirts with high stand or wingtip collars with a few wearing banker's collared shirts and either derby hats, top hats or newsboy caps, mares dressed in elaborate colorful dresses complete with corsets and wide brim hats with flowers. Workers wearing dingy clothes unloading large blocks of ice out of an insulated wagons. Small poor children harassing ponies for money or food, paper-colts on the corner selling newspapers and small general stores, and this was further hammered in by the slight fog on the streets likely caused by some factories nearby.

As they continued to pull the wagon down the street the castle came into view, it also reminded Safon of castles he’s seen in his lifetime with a mixed architecture that suggested that parts of it were built on after it’s original construction. They eventually reached the castle and entered in at the service entrance were Celestia was waiting for them there they unloaded the crate and let him out.

Celestia watched as Safon got out of the crate and started stretching. “Alright Professor for as long as you’re staying here you must stay in the private sections of the castle we can’t risk you being discovered.” She told him in a commanding tone.

“I know now do I have a room or something I can stay in I would like to get settled in before I start my work.” Safon asked nicely picking up his suitcase.

“Yes you do it’s up in the higher levels away from the public sections of the castle. Now I have matters of state that I need to handle so I will trust you will follow my instructions.”

“What about us Princess?” Twilight asked wondering what to do now.

“With the Professor wanting to settle in for today you are free to leave or you could stay in the castle if you want.” Celestia offered.

While the others were thinking about the Princess’s offer Rarity didn’t need to think. “A chance to spend the night in the Canterlot Castle of course we will take your offer!”

The other five girls looked at each other and nodded. “Sure I don’t have weather patrol tomorrow.” Rainbow dash said

Fluttershy spoke up enough for the others to hear. “Angle and the others should have enough food to last them till tomorrow night.”

“YEAH AND IT SHOULD GIVE ME TIME TO PLAN A WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA PARTY FOR THE PROFESSOR.” Pinkie Pie said excitedly thinking of possible party games and themes.

“Ah think Big Mac should be able to handle the morning chores, but I should try and get home later.” Applejack added.

“Well I guess that means we’ll stay the night then, and that give me the chance of asking the Professor more questions.” Twilight said already thinking of questions.

“Wonderful now the guards will lead you girls to your rooms and for you Professor Safon.” Celestia turn toward him. “ Captain Stonewall will lead you to your room where my sister is waiting to meet you, now I really must go.” With that the Princess left the room to deal with her business and the other six were lead to a different section of the castle leaving Safon alone with the Captain.

“Come on it’s this way.” The Captain told him in a commanding tone as he began to walk down the hallway.

Safon soon followed him down the hallway looking around at the architecture noticing the various stained glass windows depicting events of Equestria’s history. “Hey am I allowed to smoke in here?” Safon asked reaching into his pockets.

“Um… Yeah of course.” Stonewall replied looking back at him with confusion.

“Ah thank you” Safon said putting a cigarette in his mouth and lighting it. They reached the end of the hallway where they entered a tower with stairs leading to multiple floors. While they were climbing the stairs Safon decided to break the silence. “So have you been a Captain for long?”

“No I haven’t, I was second in command for a few years until the last captain got married to one of the Princesses a couple months ago.” The Captain said irritably.

“I’m going to guess by that tone you don’t like me that much.”

Stonewall stopped in the middle of the stairs and gave Safon an angry glare. “Well thanks to you I’ve spent the past two days dealing with reporters, scared civilians, and the Princesses asking about your craft every five minutes. SO NO I don’t like you.”

“Alright fair enough I guess. If it helps this was not my plan.”

“You may be telling the truth but that doesn’t change that you’re stuck here and I have to deal with the consequences.”

As they continued up the stairs Henry started to attempt to make some more small talk. “So being in the military was it your choice or a family thing?”

“Do you always ask questions?” Stonewall asked starting to get annoyed.

“I’m just trying to make this walk less boring.”

“Sigh Fine, It’s family tradition that whenever a colt gets old enough they enlist in the guard. It’s been that way since as far back as anyone can remember.”

“Ah I thought so but one never knows.”

“Ok and you’re a Professor of what?” He asked not really caring.

“I’m a Professor of Physics and before that I was a barber, agent, banker, lawyer, detective, and a general.”

“What was that last one?”

“Detective or general?”

“General.” Stonewall was now getting interested in what Safon was saying.

“I was a General on and off for the United States Army from 1913 until 1952 but that was mostly in title. They put me in charge of my personal squad in various missions that needed special expertise that only we had, but on rare occasions i was put in charge of large attacks. In 1952 my knee was shot out causing me to have this leg brace and I was deemed unfit for military service so I went on to work on military R and D.”

“So that’s how you became a Professor?” Stonewall asked actually interested in what he was saying.

“Truth is I have now idea how I got my degree I was doing a medical test with my brother and I blacked out for a year only to find myself working in a university in california.”

“Ok.” Stonewall said not knowing how to react to that.

“Yeah so I just ran with it until I was fired due to some blackmail but since then I preferred the title Professor to move on from my military days.”

“Why?”

“Let’s just say I have not agreed with the Army for a while.”

“But you have a duty to your country.”

“Yes I do but I also have the right to question my government.”

“You aren't an anarchist now are you?” Stonewall angrily accused Safon.

“No no I just want what is best for my country and right now I believe the government is wrong.”

“That’s what they say before they blow up government buildings.”

Safon knew that he would have to be careful with what he said now. “Listen I don’t know how you government is ran but mine encourages questioning it’s how it’s survived so long.”

“Well here we vote on ponies who know what they’re talking about to do the job for the less educated.”

“Fair enough I will do my best to respect that.”

“Good the less I have to deal with.”

After they were done talking they continued up the stair until they reached a hallway and walked down that until they reached a door.

“Here is where you’ll be staying there will be a guard standing here if you need anything.”

“Alright thank you it was nice talking to you.”

The Captain looked at Safon. “While I still don’t trust you it was nice talking to an old soldier.” With that the Captain saluted him with Safon returning the favor before leaving to handle other matters.

Safon opened the door to find a immaculately, decorated room with ivory colored floral wallpaper, a large chandelier, a mahogany desk with matching chair on one side, a bed with emerald green bedding on the other side, a large window with emerald green curtains and a sitting area in the center with Luna sitting there waiting for him.

Luna continued to sit there and watched his movements. “Ah there you are we’ve been waiting for you.”

Safon walked over and took a seat in one of the other chairs setting his suitcase down. “Hello there Princess---?”

“Luna.” She answered. “My name is Luna.”

“OK. Princess Luna,thank you for your hospitality.” He said politely.

“You’re welcome. Now about going home.”

“Well I guess that your sister told you about my ship not working right now.”

“Yes she has and that you don’t have what is needed to fix it.”

“Yes your technology is not advanced enough for me to be able to properly get home.”

“Oh what is it you need. We may not have the best knowledge of today’s technology but We can get somepony who does.”

“I need a microprocessor, a device that is able to process the information in a computer.”

Luna just looked at him confused. “ I’m afraid that I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Safon sighed “I thought so Miss. Sparkle told me that technology does not exist yet. So I will need to make my own.”

“Well you’re free to stay here for as long as you like and we will supply you with whatever you need.”

“Great thank you, but for now I just need to brainstorm for now.” They both got up and Luna walked over to the door.

“Alright you do what you need. We do hope you enjoy the room It is fitted with every modern convenience including electricity and down the hall is a washroom with running water.”

“Perfect I will need to clean myself up later.”

“Well unfortunately, I must go to raise the moon.”

“Alright good night I’ll call if I need any assistance.”

With that Luna left the room leaving Safon alone. He walked back to the chair and picked up his suitcase and took it to the bed where he laid it down and opened it taking out some clothes for later and laid them down. He then took out another cigarette and lit it before walking over to the desk and sitting down looking at the desk lamp.

“OK where is the switch.” He said to himself before he grabbed the cord and pulled it up until the end came up revealing it to have a screw in end. “Great.” He said out loud in annoyance as he climbed on top of the chair and grabbed the chandelier and unscrewed a light bulb out to screw the cord in. When he was done and the desk lamp was on he sat back down and picked up a quill on the desk and pulled out a piece of paper to begin working. “This is going to be awhile.”