Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 27
“Wait,” said the Lieutenant.
We, the sailors looked.
“Yes?”
He waved the decree. “Residents,” he said. “It says residents.”
“I own property in the Princessapality,” I said.
“You do?”
“Yes ... Virginia ... and Michigan.” I said.
“Virginia is in the Federation of America,” he said.
“Ooo ... hadn’t thought of that,” I wasn’t the only listener who said that.
“You’re a New Zealander.”
“True ... naturalized,” I said. “I got my American citizenship back.”
“When?”
“When what?” I said, “Oh ... I get it. Junior? When did you go all berserker on the US?”
“Thirteen,”
“Six years ago?”
“About ... five is more like it...”
“How long afterwards did the VOTE take place?”
“It’s still ongoing,” Junior said.
“I’m 22 ... we got our passports back at 15 ... seven years.”
“We’re good. The USA was still the USA,” JW said.
Tyche said, “Australia is Commonwealth ... Canada is Commonwealth So are Bermuda, Bahamas, The UK, Nigeria, South Africa, New Zealand, Singapore, India, a bunch more... 53 all together.”
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