"Geweil, how much money do we have left?"
On the way back to San Francisco from Santa Ana, Niusen, the auditing sage, sitting in a specially reinforced bulletproof vehicle, suddenly asked a question that terrified Geweil.
He was going to audit the accounts!
"Money..."
Geweil, of course, knew what Niusen was asking about. His cheeks trembling uneasily, he looked at his own brother.
Niusen wore a slim-fit blue suit with a light blue tie, looking incredibly sharp and polished as if he was a Great Commander candidate fresh off a campaign trail.
No, not as if - Niusen's demeanor and qualifications were entirely sufficient for running for the Great Commander of America.
Indeed, today's trip to Orange in San Rodolfo by Niusen was to attend a Democratic Party gathering of Orange County, routine business for his management of the California Democratic Party.