"That's what we're doing." Suzi says firmly, "Pleasure jaunts can be arranged if people can give something back. Right now I'm pretty much single-handedly changing the course of human history by doing my best to give England a firm grounding in Households instead of letting it fall into the Times of Chaos, but there is only so much I can do.

"The channels I'm training are going out as fast as we can send them, but...well."

She's small. She's delicate. She's genuine, and a genuinely cheerful woman. Anyone who thinks she's weak is an idiot. "The fewer people that get killed or murdered the better. Seeds, farming techniques, communication techniques, transportation. We need those things. We don't really have enough to support visitors who can't help us develop more."