Reclaiming Her Creation

One of the foreign bidders sneered, "Give it up, you Altrian paupers! This weapon will be wasted on you. Only we can truly make use of it!"

Another said, "That's right! We'll use it to dominate the world, starting by crushing Altria!"

Every Altrian with a shred of national pride flushed crimson with outrage at those words, their faces burning with fury. They thought, 'Those foreigners have absolut