*mopes* Um, I'm going to get killed for mentioning it, but it seems to Snap and I that this is, in fact, the case: "The Empire's financial crisis was in fact caused by Tortaalik stealing all of Noima's diamond-encrusted ... --" Aw, Kate, c'mon, I'm going to get lynched/killed horribly/deprived of all my Hawklord-glomping privileges. *muph* What I do for adoration. "-- [CENSORED] for his own use, thus necessitating Noima having to buy more. And more. Discuss." ... saved by DDB's thoughtfully-coded auto-censorship. Yay. I go slink back into lurking now. ¬ MJ, mentally begging Tortaalik's forgiveness