understand," he assured. "Compared to you, we are
stubborn, mindless little children. In your great anger you always
speak the truth. That is what Lord Change wrote. That when you turn on
anyone with your great wrath they had better change their ways, or
surely they will be no more.
119 We will return to our brothers and sisters at once. We will tell
them what we must do in order to keep The Light with us. We will never
cause any trouble again, and those we promised to send to serve in The
Fleet we will double that number again, to appease your anger."
120 It took a few minutes for the other Peepians to calm their
terrified companion, but after that they hurried out. As North headed
for the door, Spearonias touched his shoulder. "Do me a favor," he
pleaded, "let me know whenever I'm doing anything that might make you
like that. I'll stop it IMMEDIATELY! I bless the fact you're on our
side! I surely wouldn't want to fight against you!"
121 Returning to Headquarters, North found he was still short in
thousands of positions. "What good are all these ships we captured,"
complained North, "if we don't have enough personnel to man them? And
we'll soon have NEW ships coming out of the yards which will be needed
if we're to meet our goals."
122 "In a few months," reminded Spearonias, "you'll have a fresh batch
of graduates from The Acadamies. They can be put into The Home Fleet,
and you can take the veterans for the attack corps!"
123 "That doesn't help us NOW," North moaned.
124 I.S. came up. "Perhaps, sir, I have the answer," he suggested. "The
Peepians have entertainment centers unlike anything we have, or, The
Hashons have ....large parks with many rides and shows. In these parks
are thousands of droids made to look like mythological
Peepian creatures. These droids are programmed as entertainment units,
but they're as good as myself or anything