*  *  *  *

Robbie introduced himself to Shaka as Robbie Burns, and pointed
to another man Shaka didn't recognize, naming him Jean.

Benjamin looked at Shaka, "How can Toyodo-sama's Wisdom help us achieve
Greatness, Shaka?"

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"What would I have you teach me?" Louis replied to the priestess.
"Well, madam, you are a Celt, no?  Of that much I am sure.  From what
period in time are you from?  I am from Gaul, from France.  We already
have much in common.  Tell me about your time upon the River."

"I do not know who are these 'Celts' of which you speak," she said.
"We died in the fifth year of the waning, when our lands were invaded
and we were killed in battle. We were reborn here, on this River,
by the grace of the Goddess, and after some early battles, managed
to claim this land as ours alone until the earth opened to reveal
the cold metal and the Zulu came. There is little else to say
about that."