Supreme Justice I Am rolled up his visage and noted: "That was definitely a good way to start the day": How indeed was yet to be revealed {but according to the fine enough weather IT REMAINED TO BE SEEN} Tautology. Sup. J.I.Am mused. Srume. Sounds nice. He sniffed himself under his arms: Smells like me spirit, : he declared Just then (..) there came a knock at the door... like somebody knew what they were doing....: Justice i knew who it would be... "Come' he said, walking to his desk, where there awaited a huge carbon-fibre-terminated chair. The door opened and in came with distinct care Detective Constable Lion Mint , with his badge in his hand "Hi there, can you give me any advice, I need a badge upgrade for a case!" He offered the magistrate a small bottle of Pepsi cola: SJI Am accepted the offer with a large warm open hand: The DC extracted a second little bottle from his coat pocket , and opens it expertly, "psssk" while the Magistrate notes the calories listed on the label, but instead of opening it, puts it on the desk: The detective sipped, wondering how it were that that tiny bottle looked so good in the enormous hand of SJI as he sipped his cola... {fig 0: Visnu will sit on you now] #include primeministerHaHa> "Hi tidings of cresol, lads" chips he in: The Prime Minister strode in with a party-size guacamole pizza in a huuuge pizza box, so BIG that he was manipulated- nearly forced- to tilt the pizza box in favour of losing integritry of said pizza YET** so experienced was the PM HaHa that he stepped through with the pizza itself at that same and very moment such that as the pizza slid to a rest he defly returned the very integrity back to the pizza therein: SJI Am went to the cupboard and withdrew a tealight candle for each of them, lit them carefully and pushed them in front of the men: They ate slowly, in silence, the entire pizza --------o-------- PM HaHa twiddled the tiny table pizza squash-preventer, and looked at DC Mint How and why would you be here?" he asked the constable "I need to see SJI about a new badge, for a new case I am hoping to investigate"... "They have not yet given you it then?" asked Justice I "Not even close, but I know I can do it", he looked at the pM, and then at the MAgistrate, and back at the PM, "I just know, Y'know?" he iterated. "Can you let us in on a preview without damaging integrity?" asked the prime minister, looking at the pizza box intently, hands clasped finger-wire-framed "In honesty, I think so, bit just a little bit, and I am saving that for my plea for a badge upgrade with Sup.Justice I Am "Why don't you write down a few key notes and I'll have a think about it..?" suggested the Magistrate "Sure", looking at SJIAm, "but my problem is this: it concerns "- turning to the PM- "events which are as far as I can see in the future".... The room went quiet Both the other two men looked at each other, They both chimed in, a little keenly, "SSSssssounds interesting!" and smiled at each other: "I can say this much, ... it will be be pretty big" The other two sat quietly. .... They waited, patiently, the PM butting his fingers together still wireframed, the Magistrate eyeing his unopened pepsi cola, which glinted in the moderate lighting as though it was trying to avoid being seen too much. "Well, then", ventured the policeman "Well ok, .... We know someone has been stealing komododragon eggs from nesting sites on Komodo Island, and selling the captively birthed young lizards on the illegal trade market, .... and we think, the've been using digital TV sales to distribute them" "Presumably , then, there is a reason why you cannot obtain the upgrade for this case you'd like to work, through the usual avenues?" asked SJI "well, yes, and I have spoken to the Chief, and He said I can't have the case, but i can get the upgrade of my badge if i take care of another case which he thinks I like but I don't think I'm suited to and I've told Him that, and I told him I don't really like it anyway and , well he kinda listened to me, but said I owe the station a favour, right?" "Would you like me to hav a word with him? " "Oh," ASked the PM. "I could possibly direct him down the desired path, with a little support here and a little encouragement there-: I'd be very happy if you could, because, well, I find talking to chief ContinentalCupaSoup like talking to a stone soemtimes." "He is pretty solid, I'll give you that", spoke the PM. "OK, I will", replied the Prime Minister, and he brought out his mobile phone. "Hi, Yeah it's HaHa here, I was just thinking we need to have our little catchup sooner than we usually do" lly? Good, I've been wondering about that in my subconcious mind i'm sure, because the sound of your voice, and the content of your voice put me at ease" "That's comforting, and reassurring", said the PM. "How are you?"a` he asked the chief "I'm well, as you would imagine fairly hard at work, we've some new by-laws to implement on the road that I would like the police to be good examples of, stuff like prepare to enter a round-a-bout, and what to do i you have illuminating traffic cones and you are met by non-illuminated traffic cones and they are already deployed on the road...." "Excellent. " "But you have something more interesting to talk with me about surely, I sense something current, and ... when would you like to meet?" "I'll see you at your office in Northwindmills, if that would be alright?" asked the Prime Minister HaHa "That would be alright, of course it would, Prime Minister HaHa", replied the chief "Im at Supreme Justice I Am's chambers now, with a detective who was here to see the Justice when I arrived. I'll be there in half an hour." --------O-------- The PM walked briskly into the NorthWindmills Police Station, and was met quickly by an on-duty officer who recognised him with a smile. They greeted each other and the officer went through a door to inform CCHief COnstituental Continental CupoSoup that the Prime Minister Had Arrived. At that moment, the ABC news reporter Hot Water entered the station. "Hello and welcome to the station Mr. Prime Minister HaHa Prime Minister can you help me I was wondering about your appearance here at NorthwWWindmills, are you here on an honarary visit or is it a specific matter you would like to address?, If I may ask,", "?" "I can help you yes,, I am here to see the chief CupoSoup to catch up on how he and the station are going as I do every month" "Is there any particular concern that you wish to dsicuss with the chief or is everything alright as you know it?" "It is alright as i understand it, and there is something i wish to discuss, but, Hot, I would prefer to keep it between us as it is a little bit sensitive at the moment." "one last thing Prime Minister, if i may, have your party and have parliament finished considering the new Bill to introduce Pinball Machines in place of poker machines in Hotels and Republicans?" "Yes we have finished, thankyou" and he strode off with the officer to see the chief in his office "Hello, CHief", warmly greeted the PM HaHa to CHief Constitutional COntinental CUpoSoup "hello, Prime Minister, " and offereed him a small bottle of sarsaparilla by Bickfords, who obliged and cracked the seal with a 'pssk' which the CHief responded in kind with a similar, yet somewhat more deliberately appreciative 'psssssk' They imibed their beverage >clicnk< "I guess, the way you came in, you wanna talk to me about something other than trffic cones with lights in em. Right?" The CHief came across, when the veneer was removed, like a cross between a magistrate and a a Test-cricketer "Yup" , admitted the Prime Minister. "I know what it is, but, wait, you tell me. Let's leave Elvis resley out of it" "Hmm?" queried the Prime Minister ""Suspicious Minds" "oh." "Mm." "Right the thing is, I know COnstable Mint pretty well, quite well actually. And i know-" "He's a fumbling detective if you want my opinion." said the Chief "Fumbling." "Gets results by accident." "Like we all did once." "!' >..< .... "He's a natural" PM HaHa declared "forgot to charge his traffic cone last week." "He's keen where it counts -" "he lost a trqaffic cone before we replaced them with illuminating cones" "when he get's in his zone," "Couldn't rememeber where he left it, couldn't hand it in" "when He gets in his zone", repeated PM HaHa "Yes?" He is like a magnet with a iron filing attached to it. You can see his work is real." "Are you aware that he almost killed a komodo dragon when he was just a rookie, starting out in the Force?" "Er, no." "Hmm. Yes, he drove right at it and swerved late, the lizard dodged early and they nearly recollided. The lizard somehow managed to escape Constable Mint by running straight under his vehicle-" "Well we all learn eventually, as I understand it he passed his advanced vehicle training certificate last year quite confdently" "Yeah, i love the guy, now what do you really have in mind, Prime Minister?" "I want you to give him the badge." "But-" "Wait for it. I am not going to argue, and I don't expect you to capitulate to my status or position or whatever, I am going instead, to thank you for your commitment, by giving you those new cars with automaic surveillance drones and the extra money you asked for, for sundries. And i'm going to give you some additional funding to help raise awareness of how society can help the force in general without their having to have a particular need, simple things like read police news on the website or on Facebook, listen to news don't just read or watch it and lastly i'm going to do what I and you probably too would have never even dreamt of, I'm going to increase the Reserve Bank interest rate by 0.8 percent directly becuase of these expenses, so people will pay to be good, which is-" and the Chief chimed in- "exactly what we really needed!" "OK. "Ok?" "Ok. So you still think I'm going to buckle under that kind of pressure... well, yes you've got me!" "I love working with you, You make silk smell like mulberryjiuce in a can." "Thankyou." The Chief finished his sarsaparilla, and looked out the window through a crack in the awning he made with two direct fingers "As long as you recognise, that I am doing that- working for you, not capitulating to your financial manipulation...-" "Yeah, I accept that, and understand what you mean." "So," questioned PM HaHa, "you know about the death threat mitigation factor. That's cool, then." "No it's not, because I wanted it elsewhere in the force." "You can, but after this case is closed, alright?" "how do you know it will still be fresh when it's closed?" "It will, I promise". "Am I, CHief CupoSoup to just blindly follow you on this point now, beleiving like Spandau Ballet sings about? "Always Believing? No. For the answer i will suggest you speak to SUp.Justice I Am." --------o-------- Somewhere in the future a komododragon turned on a TV and watched Icehouse perform their hit "Great Southern Land" from the album "Primitive Man" At the same time a man drove to the quarry in Sydney where the film clip was recorded, and bought the disused quarry for a record amount o 32 million dollars At that same moment a lion parked his silver spaceship over the quarry, and put his music on 'In the jumgle the mighty jungle the Lion sleeps tonight In the jungle the mighty jungle the Lion sleeps tonight ..." The door knocked "come" replied the Sup Justice and Chief Constitutional Continental CupoSoup appeared in the frame of the door like a scene out of a movie, with the same energy as a metallic scouring pad in a microwave oven "Hi" he said Supreme Justice I Am was at the microwave oven with a metallic scouring pad in his hand. "Do you Know what happens if you put a metallic scouring pad in a microwave oven on 'high' ?" asked the Magistrate of Chief CupoSoup 'well, no, not exactly-" beeep beep beep DOOOONNNNG "Hey is , that safe-" "Just watch" The Magistrate turned his head towards the Chief, grinning. "." blinked the Chief The microwave rotated the plate and made microwave oven sounds while blue light and buzzing was emitted by the scourer The Chief watched the Magistrate, taking in the whole picture. wtf The Magistrate switched off the oven with a press of the button intended for that purpose "what the heck are you doing, I?" Answering the curiosity's question without burning thhe curious. "I'm finding what it is which appears if one circumvents the warnings given by the manufacturer to see what actually is there" "why would you do that?' The Magistrate turned to the Chief: "To see if the law is working properly" he replied "I just had a call from the PM. He said you'd be here, and to answer a question that's, well, burning in your mind. "DC Lion Mint is a rare kind of spirited officer, like we all would like to be if we were all police officers, I mean" The Chief nodded "He has, as you know, the rare ability to let a disaster give in to him" "That's it" added Chief CupoSoup "...such that the good guy goes free and safely away, the bad guy gets caught, and nobody gets hurt" "He admits he can't always do it perfectly, and on demand, but in his elemente, he does in fact do it quite nicely" "And I need him to keep the hard cases safe" said the Chief "And you shall have him. The case he would LIKE to work on however, means more to him, than just whetting his appetite, Chief Constitutional" "Really? I will be damned if it is anything else" "No you won't but it isn't so. Not so, CHief. "What's the big deal then?", asked the Chief "The Magistrate sat down, gestured for the Chief to join him, and opened a bottle of cherry juice that was sitting on a sideboard. He poured the chief and them himself a galss, and they sipped. "Unlike other juices, this is quite satisfying before one finishes drinking it, I dare to suggest!" said the Magistrate The Magistrate got out of his chair, again, and spoke, "When he gets in his elemente, DC Mint creates a flow, whereby the case, and then the Force, and then at least one station becomes liberated from most or all risk at the workface... he has it in his reportoire to completely eliminate hazard from not only his profeswsional work, but his family life simultanously," ... he paused, opening the microwave with the same button used to stop the oven And he does it out of care for his fellows- he even does it for not only the good guys, but the bad guys as well : )" The magistrate grinned. "He would make a fine magistrate!" "But he not a magistrate, he's one of my officers...." "Yes, sure, that's not what I meant, Chief." He withdrew the blued metallic scourer, which was now in two distint pieces, and went back over to the desk and sat again in that huge chair of carbon-fibre, and opened the drawer with one hand. He took a piece of blank paper from the draw and dropped the pieces of metallic scourer on the piece of paper The police chief noticed the bottle of Pepsi cola still unopened on the sideboard, and looked at his cherry juice, half-drunk "You know my Detective at least as well as i do. How can you be impartial, Supreme Justice I, may I inquire, if you know him *that* well??" "ha ha ha ha ha, well that question must be answered, too, but before i do let me share with you what it is I have in mind for Detective constable Mint, so as to let you decide if your safety officer extraordinairre will be at his best when he returns from the case in Komodod Island, if you agree to let him have the case" "why can't i give it to one of the country officers, who deal with animals more or less all the time?" The CHief puzzled with his eyebrow "That is a good question also. Hmm. Do you like the cherry juice?" "Yes, it' very nice, .. thankyou" DC Mint needs this case so much that talking abut it without him being present is a bit of a silly thing to do, and yet I know you need him at the station in town, so here we are, so pressing is your sincer need of his... charm" "." "The reason he needs it, is the very thing you need him to do for you, this flowing ability, is iself in need of fair dose of raw freedom, to develop, to grow, to expand, to perform some internal evolution!" "Whoa, now I'm listening", replied the cHief Constitutional COntinental CupoSoup "OK!" To answer your questions them: Impartiality: well it is a fickle creature at the blest of times, I will agree - he he! You see these pieces of scourer here, burnt blue by the heat of the electric arc which struck in the microwave, they are my little taste-test. If I can determine that, if I remove from the test the burning of these scourers, and see what I have remaining is in fact a proof of a need for a warning's heeding, without relying on common sense or warnings on microwave oven manual pages or advice from my lovely missus, or, and here's my point- guesswork- cos, you'll agree, CHief, with even all these sources of wonderful information, without proof it is still all guesswork, all hearsay so to speak- !" "My God! That's increadible! I love it sir." So now I have the evidence i need. The only thing left, that i need for this test to be valid, is can I be honest and say that what I can see on this page here is better than all those informations added up together and combined into a apparent truth, or is the apparent truth from all those bit of information better becasue I would have a complete and brand new scourer as well as a microwave free of stresstesting-derived stress? Am I fair to admit that the metallic scourer is a better advocate for microwave safety than that admixture of information, is it better enmasse than heresay like i suggest, or..." "Or, are you a better judge of microwave safety having tested it yourself?" "Or, yes, or AM I the bringer of ligh to a dark, burning microwave oven question by way of JUSTIFYING both the information provided, and the noting that the burnt scourer here is proof that the warnings are legitimate, Am I the one , who makes it so, that facilitates the truth itself to itself to the warnings provided. AM I living PROOF itself, CHief CupoSoup?" "Living proof, possible, yes, Your Honour" "Of course, to be impartial- as you correctly observe- and this will either give me reason, pause for thought and contemplation, caution even, or even reprimand! - Or- it will give me license to pertain to the very law I am examining, and with a degree of veracity as I am now justifying impartiality against the evidence itself- to be impartial, Chief Constitutional, I must also consider equally the very real possibility that the damage to both the scourer- the test- and the microwave oven, cannot justify the test being conducted purely because it is a simple truth that the damage was to be expected before even conducting the test: and I can say here that I am happy to pay for the damaged scourer, and even the microwave oven- in the interests of law- and you would have to agree that it is considered, that for the strength of the law examined, the importance of the law itself, ... and you can persist: no law is trivial enough to be tested by way of the lawmaker's ability to absorb the cost, the cost to legality is too tigh no matter how little the damage, how big the pocket, as it trivialises law and the reason for making it in the first place. And you would be absolutely right. This is quite natural, and essential it is to recognise that. Acceptance of this translates the case away from the victim of damage - the metallic scourer, the oven- and creates milage for impartial judgement given that i can surrender any personal interest in an otutcome which justifies my action, my doing or wrongdoing either way, so that we now can have a proper trial. The case, as it were is afoot. [footage of giant bunnies jumping away and around] I could argue at this point, having surrendered my personal interest, which was everything i had invested in the test [one, then two daleks can be seen passing by the door of the Magistrate's chamber office, speaking to each other in itallics] that if one were to be completely honest at that point, one can see that i too am somewhat damaged by this case, and that's completely beyond my pocket's depth or the value of the oven of scourer in material terms- before we even get to that- to which you could counter that i should have been prepared for that if i am going to conduct the test in the first place, or at all, which is very true, ... But i can say, that was my point: it was worth MORE to Me even if it cost me a new scourer and a new microwave oven - the cost of those was trivial to me, compared with the gains in law; which are" "which are?" "which are these: that the law was valid; that the law is worth having documentation for, and that the law is held and shown to be valid by the evidence, the consequence of the test, and that is to say, without a doubt, that the law is actually made stronger by way of the test, which as i have explained is my own personal interest, but for impartiality's sake I have surrendered, but i still maintain that the reason for the law being clearly obviated justifies the material cost to Me in spite of the existing warnings, and i could even venture that it actually makes the law more valuable by means of clarification, verification, accuracy, and assiduousity. I argue that it becometh a better law" "so are you saying that sometimes the law needs to be used for it to stay healthy?" "Yes, and even adding to that that the law must be trained and exercised to be a law" "Why?" "The answer lies in what you see here before you" gesturing to the pieces of metallic scourer - "this is a clear sign that the law worked. It worked so well that it went straight through steel scouring pad" "That it did, but why is that the law?" "It is becuase it is exactly what should have happened under the circumstances, and we should be respectful of that, me especially, because right there" he indicated the space between the two scourer pad pieces -"is where the law passed through the test" "So, because it stands up to the cold light of day it is a law" "Or simply put ; it is reality, and any law which differs is more fickle that the tester or his test." "So, you give me more confidence in the law, by testing it so", said Chief Constitutional CupoSoup. "thankyou" He finished his cherry juice Of course, whether it *IS* a law or just good advice, that, as Alanis Morisette sings, "I just didn't take" is another matter. And I would suggest it is not a law, so much as a recommendation... --------o-------- "So, let's get to business, I need you to consider that my judgement is keen, keen enough hopefully, to ask you to let Detective Lion Mint have this case of missing dragons' eggs because that is where, CHief, the magic that your DC has, lives and breathes" "...right." the Chief finally agreed "Thanks. I'm sure, Chief, that he will return with a great plenty of resourcefulness, that only he will know, and even I will have to marvel at. We can both expect to marvel, CHief CupoSoup --------o-------- The CHief sent an officer to bring DC Lion Mint to see him. "The Chief would like to see you, Mint" called the officer to DC Mint in is room from the door "Uh Oh, here we go, either make or break it" he thought He walked slowly to the Chief's office, trying to reign in his nerves He entered the doorway, which was open, knocked twice on the door, and waited "Please, come in and sit down. I won't keep you long" He walked in and sat in front of the CHief, who across from his desk eyed the Detective like a schoolboy with a new computer "I'll get to the point: Here's your badge, like you asked "Oh, thanks Chief. I guess I'll be here for a while on this case you need me for" "No, You got the case. The one you always dreamed of officer" "!" "That's right. You're going to Komodo Island. You leave Thursday.' "what, What, really!?!" he lit up like a traffic island "And you going to like this, you're going alone" "YESSS" "What made me change my mind , was what Supreme Justice I.Am said to me about you and the call of the wild> I knew you pretty well before he spoke to me . But after he said what he said, I realise I'm luckier than I thought I was. He knows you, Lion. Better than I. You should thank him before you leave" "OK, Yes sir. Thankyou sir" "I will say only this, Mint. BE Extra careful" "Yes sir, I will." He left without another word ================o================ After packing, the Detective bought a appleTiser sparkling apple juice and ordered a taxi. It arrived as he was looking for hids phone in his luggage- he had packed it accidentally instead of keeping it in his pocket. Instead of a gun, since he was going where there be dragon, he packed... nunchukas He found his phone, closed his luggage and put it in the boot of the taxi, and then got in the back seat. "Hi, im not going to be in a rush, the plane leaves in an hour so if we leave right away we'll be there in under twenty minutes and traffic is average so let's go now. To the airport please, International Terminal" "Right, sir", replied the driver. The driver had been briefed that he was to drive a Detective, and he was headed out for a new case, so he should keep his conversation to a minimum "Is this a day in the office for you, or is it unusual for you to fly?" asked the taxi driver "I'm not one for long trips, usually, but I have been to the country interior a few times. This is the first time I will be overseas as an officer of the law" "i've been told not to ask too many questions sir, but can you tell me where you are going?" "North" "Right-o." The officer made no attempt to resume the conversation till they were almost at the arport "How often do you drive police officers, may I ask?" "About one a week" he replied easily I'm glad you have been told to keep down the chitchat, I like to work by myself so - you understand, If I don't tell you anything you can't rememeber it later. THankyou for your understanding." The officer paid for his trip and tipped the driver 5 dollars for his careful manner He got out, carried his luggage to the terminal and went in. He checked in at the terminal reception, took his ticket and submitted his luggage, then wen to the waiting lounge and then boarded the plane soon after without a hitch He would have liked a window seat, but it was not to be A few days later he had made it to his destination, and sailed from the bay to the island itself in the afternoon He was greeted by a local who knew English, and his name was Bill Gates. He was a nice fellow who was also very familiar with the local wildlife, but specialised on the dragon that lived on Komodo Island, komodo dragons. ========o======== To protect the nest , or lair , of a dragon, whre it's eggs lay, one must presumably be able t locate the lair. In the case of komodo Island, that was pretty much the whole isalnd, and specifically, where exactly the eggs were laid, the dragons knew already, and presumeably the dragons guarded those eggs fairly well A komodo dragon big enough to lay eggs is a fair lizard Trying to protect one is itself a game of life and death, more or less. The drrrrrragon quickly works out what one is doing or intended to try to do, and anticipates it fairly well This means one needs to try to keep back from the lair where the eggs lay. Which makes it somewhat difficult to protect the eggs. Uless you are the dragon! No matter what one does, there comes a point where no matter how well One intends to protect the eggs, the komodo dragon is going to try to eat One And that is not good business for dragon protecting or dragon egg protecting One would be right to surmise So he decided, to locate the nesting sites where these dragon eggs were, and then get the heck out of the equation, looking instead for, having the advanage of knowing what to avoid on the island, ...and finding the poachers who were stealing the dragons' eggs At this point in the story, the author emits that the Detective constable Lion Mint is himself the author A good thing is a fulcra While in his cabin, DC Mint read from a copy of Simulacra and Simulation, by Jean Baudrillard, to see if he could put to safely put an eye to the ground for the case while on the slightly dangerous island That book refferred {at the page he was up to} to Marxist predictions which draw one's awareness to the limit of human civilisation whilst being charioteered by the economy With this in mind, the Bhagavad Gita became the obvious text of consultation and absolution Arjun says , to Krsna, "I would like to see the armies both ours and theirs against, so that I might know my enemy" It would appear that a perfect case would be one which expeneded and cost nil or even, less, actually gained in some sense, possibly in material (eggs) But who was the dealer then? He thought of asking Bill, but before he did he heard a radio turn on in the next room Someone was listing to ACDC "STand up and be counted, for waht you are about to receive- we are the dealers: we give you everything you need" There is is, he thought, not even the eggs then, but the sensation of a closed case, completion of task, satisfaction of success, knowledge of proof of verity. That stuff was an elixer of life, but he was no newcomer here: dependence on such fleeting conception was itself quite dangerous, so he needed to chart hismelf a clear objective. So he went out and called to Bill. "Bill, is there a song on this island about the dragons? And what sort of spin does it have on them, if there is? Bill Gates answered straight away:"yes, the song on the komodo dragon is about Si Komo, a cartoonnised komodo dragon who journeyed to the country's capital city to have a look at it" "really?" he is attributed to have caused traffic jams, and the song describes this. More seriously, or at least, in more philosophical terms, the character is said to be in persuit of equal distribution of resources in Indonesia" at that point, a policeman in the local uniform appeared at the door of the cabin. "Helo" he said softly. My name is Police Constable Considerable Muesli" Police Constable Considerable Muesli was also the local Magistrate, but he did not letting on the Detective this "i am here to brief you on the island, and on the lizard varanus komodoensis we have here on this Island Also, I am going to tell you what we have learned about the poachers activities on the island, and we can render a recording of an interview between the police and an appreheded poacher from Mountain Valley. The DC listened as the CP Muesli spoke about this beach and that inlet, and where the dragons were most concentrated. Then he bagan to recount the tale of how komododragon juveniles began appearing in lower numbers than before, and the apprehension of a poacher at the airport in Jakarta with thirty or so eggs led them to concluding that at least one persdon was involved in illegal sales of komodo dragons It was well known that komodo dragons were in decline at that time, and that their endangered status was a reason for a high price on the black market for komodo dragons. Few would consider buying one unless through legitimate a route, so those who did would have to be poorly educated, or affected by intoxicants or something else which would lead them to thinking erratically... "how do I go about acclimatising the dragon to my presence?" "I can take you to a pair of dragons whoich have been acclimatised to people for the toursim here. Then we can go to some areas where people and dragons both frequent, and while the dragons are less than domesticated , they have generally been accepting of peope on those particular places on the beach. then we can go to some places whee dragons are left to themselves, wherer their true behavious can be observed. those places require us to attract little attention because dragons at these areas are more dominant in their territorial behaviour, and will investigate if too much interruption appears. And then i will take you, if you desire, to the lair of a dragon with eggs now in the nest, and then finally i would like you to see the lair of one which we have determined has been poached from Then Bill Gates spoke: "we have trained them to expect a degree of discipline and familairity in the behaviour of people dressed in the uniform I am wearing, and they also recognise the police here. So we have brought you a uniform for you to wear while working on your case. He handed a camouflaged zipped bag to the DC. DC Mint took it with gratitude --------O--------