‘Hang on! You’re not staying?’ ‘No, of course not. We agreed, Graham and me, that you girls are not to be assisted in any way. So,’ he saluted her, ‘the field is all yours General Ellie.’ ‘But…but…’ she looked around at the rows of her midget warriors, watching her, waiting for instructions. ‘What do I say? What do I do?’ ‘Command them, of course.’ He walked out of the castle courtyard leaving her with an audience of six hundred furry gremlins. The long drawn out, expectant silence was finally broken when the nearest of them stepped forward. ‘You are our leader. What is your name?’ ‘Uh…it’s Ellie. Ellie Quin.’ ‘Ell-Ee-Kwin,’ he repeated. Then again, louder for the others to hear. The other bears all muttered her name. ‘We will do anything you command of us,’ said the nearest one. She looked down at it. ‘What’s your name?’ He cocked his head. ‘My fabrication identification number is 59 of batch 1. So I am 59-1.’ It’s high pitched voice seemed gender-neutral.
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