Samir's Progress

It was the middle of the afternoon by the time everyone had gathered back at the settlement, and eaten. Samir was quietly hoping Mitesh would choke on another fish bone, and that this time it would be fatal. It didn't happen.

The moment Samir finished eating, he delivered a lecture on the importance of keeping his colony a secret.

"If you tell everyone about your experiences here, about my colony, about this settlement, you're going to get into plenty of trouble. There are thousands of new people in the New World. Remember your own situation? What are you going to do when ten, twenty, thirty people show up here? What do you think they are going to do?"

"We could invite them to join us," said Jagat, and Samir exploded.

"That's enough!" he shouted. "You seem to think I killed those two men for fun. I am dismissing you from your post. Hunar will be your new leader."

Everyone looked at Hunar, who smirked hideously.