Two days later the Taskforce was back in the Sol System.
Joined by the Selene, all the Taskforce's and Earth's capital space ships were formed in a guard of honor, near the sun. The hangar of the Far Side was facing towards the flaming ball that was the center of the Sol System.
Inside the Gladiator's hangar all soldiers, officers and pilots of the Taskforce were standing in formation on the side. In the middle, near the hangar gate into space, seven caskets, decorated with the flag depicting the Crest of Crystal Tokyo and each casket with the Star Heart, the Kingdom's medal for the wounded, on top. The Royal Family, the Neo Queen and the Princess for once dressed in all black instead of white, the king in his armor, stood at the top of the two rows of caskets, the family's of the fallen behind them.
It was obvious to see, that the Queen was deeply hurting inside and the King had her arm firmly around her shoulder, while the Princess held her hand.
SunTzu and the other pilots were in their olive-green uniforms of the Taskforce and not the black Starfigher Corps's ones.
The Senshi, scattered around the hangar and with their various branches were wearing the Taskforce's Uniform as well, even Minako, who stood behind a brooding Setsuna.
The Doctor had spent most of the night after the mortar strike in the Operating Room. Although she wasn't the surgeon of the ship the medbay, including their medical droids, needed everyone available to bring the three survivors through the night. One of them, one of the guys from the western trench had finally succumbed to his wounds in the early morning of the next day, and was declared dead after Setsuna herself tried to bring him back for over half an hour. Another one of the survivors from the trench was still lying in a coma.
At least the one with the cut in the carotid artery was stable and conscious again.
When the Senshi and Guardian of time finally came out of the medbay, she transformed and went to the training room where she exercised aggressively for over one hour to let off some steam. Not that she told anybody about that, not even the other Outers. After that she got to her room, gave Hotaru a kiss on the temple and fell asleep for ten hours.
Artemis walked a step forward, he was in the first row of the Officer's, close to the Queen. He too was dressed in the olive uniform.
What followed now was a formal military ceremony, that ended with the family of the fallen receiving the now folded flags and medals from the coffins and then a troop of Royal Guards in full ceremonial dress lifted each casket up and carried them to the energy shield of the hangar gate, where they released them into space, the coffins drifting towards the sun until they would be turned to atoms in the atmosphere of the Star. Every soldier in the hangar was saluting from the moment the coffins got lifted up until the caskets slowly descended towards the sun.
A lot of people, not only the families of the dead soldiers, but also Queen and Princess, as well as some of their surviving comrades shared tears.
Even the Platoon Sergeant of the soldiers, a veteran of the Taskforce who had fought in every battle of the Taskforce from the CTE over Bestine to Listehol and who had served before in Afghanistan, now had a single tear running down his cheek.
Still in missing man formation the five capital ships made their way to earth after the funeral and broke the formation over earth where the Selene got back into an orbital station and the Taskforce descended onto Crystal Tokyo, landing at the base.
As always the wounded were the first to leave the ship, directly flown over to the new Crystal Tokyo University Hospital.
The Inner Circle were the last to leave the Far Side, after the Royals said farewell to the families of the victims, and now the Senshi, except for Setsuna and Chibiusa who had resiled to watch Diana, the King, the Mau and SunTzu were standing in front of the observation window on the Far Side, looking out onto the Crystal Palace, which seemed to have grown the last time since they came back. The atmosphere was dark and heavy.
Artemis was standing on the far right, the Crystal Tower looking like it was next to him, and the young Commander had his arms crossed behind his back.
"I'll personally instigate and lead a commission to find out what went so horribly wrong that this man had to die. And who's fault it was."
SunTzu, standing on the other side of the window, Haruka next to him, was the first to reply.
"It was my fault. It didn't cross my mind that this single guy could be an artillery spotter until it was too late. As highest ranking officer at the location on time of the attack I'm taking full responsibility."
Heads were turning towards him.
"Like fuck you will. Since when an enemy surprise attack is the fault of one of us?"
"Haruka, is right. As specialist for infantry tactics I can't see any fault in the leadership on location. And you better stop with the survivor's guilt SunTzu. We need you with a clear head out there." Makoto chimed in after Haruka.
"Guys, let's not forget that seven soldiers died and we should at least analyze what we could do better." Ami now said.
"Oh come on Ami, as if anything a commission can work out would help us in the field."
"Captain Kino, you better watch your attitude." Artemis now turned in into the conversation again.
"Enough!" It erupted suddenly from Usagi, who was stand in in the middle of the window, in midst of Rei and Minako and Luna behind her, having a hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"Fact is, no matter what we're doing will bring these young men back. I'm the Queen of this Kingdom and the Ruler of the System, if it's one's fault than it is mine for going to war. And although I know what we're fighting for and what's on stake in the end it's my guilt. Although a lot of people seem to feel guilty. You saw Setsuna, you saw the comrades of these brave men. By the moon, I had to place the Lieutenant of the platoon under suicide watch by the Guard because he feels so much guilt. And even though I wish with my all my heart that it would be different all of us here know, that this will neither be the last time nor the biggest amount of casualties we will have in this war."
The room fell completely silent and for a moment Usagi was obviously struggeling with herself not to cry and the three women around her tried to caress her, but she motioned them to let her be.
"And there is one thing that I also know. And that is, that we honor our fallen, all of them, these young men, Marvin and everyone that will follow them, with our actions. My heart is shattered in pain for the loss, but it's also filled with elation for the brave and selfless acts my troops, Senshi included, on the battlefield once again. We saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives in the surrounding villages and towns. We saved countless Imperial troops with our Commando Raids and with our starfighter piloting. And this elation along with the knowledge that we're doing the right thing if we fight on, keeps me going."
Everything was silent again, except for Mamoru who, from besides Artemis, now walked over to his wife.
Luna, Minako and Rei made room for him and he grasped his Queen's hand.
"I don't want to know who did something wrong. I want to know, how we can get better and have tragedies like that never repeat again. Artemis, Ami, I want you to form a commission how we can deal with situations like two days ago more efficiently and safely. Makoto and Rudy will help you." Serenity II. closed her eyes for a moment and then looked directly at the Crystal Tower.
"And now let's go home my friends and gather ourselves. Like Mako said, we'll all need a clear head."
Basically everybody went home, Luna and Diana stayed with Usagi and her family while Artemis already got to work on the commission. He wouldn't tell but the loss of the seven men weighted deep in him as well. He also was ordered by the Neon Queen herself to take care of some preparations for the visit of a delegation from another planet.
Rei was at the shrine and the Outers all were at their respective homes so SunTzu had gone to his apartment as well.
He tried to listen to what Makoto had told him and keep the negative thoughts away from him. Meditating helped, but while he wasn't necessarily down, he sure was restless this evening. And nothing he did seemed to ease his tension.
It was almost 1 AM and SunTzu was still trying to get his mind to rest, doing something else for what felt like every five minutes when the door to his apartment opened suddenly and the key to relaxation in form of his beloved girlfriend sneaked in.
He looked up from the couch and saw Rei with a small, tired smile, wearing a coat in the corridor.
"You're still awake?" She asked as she removed her shoes.
"I couldn't sleep. I'm… I'm restless."
Rei, taking off her coat, revealing that she was just wearing a Pyjama beneath, nodded.
"Same for me, so I decided maybe being at my beloved TopGun's side can grant my mind some rest."
After her coat was hanging she suddenly sprinted over to the sofa and jumped on SunTzu.
He twitched as she landed directly onto him and now their faces were next to each other.
"Hi." She smiled at him before she leaned down for a kiss and took his hands in hers.
After the tender kiss she settled down on top of him and he embraced her with his arms.
Not even two minutes later both had fallen asleep.
Lucky for them the couple wasn't in a hurry the next morning and could enjoy their time together after they woke up on the couch. It maybe hadn't been the most spacey spot to sleep on but each agreed that they haven't felt that well rested since ever they got to Listehol.
Rei was coming out of the bathroom, getting ready, thanking herself to have stored generous amounts of her clothes in SunTzu's apartment. To make up for the lost space in his closet she had taken away a bunch of his shirts and hoodies she liked and wore at her place, a very fair trade in the raven haired's eyes.
SunTzu was on the Sofa reading something in his phone.
"Whatcha reading?" She asked as she was beginning to apply some light makeup in front of the large mirror in the apartment's corridor.
"Daily status updates about the War effort."
Rei finished applying her eyeliner before she turned to him and walked over to the sofa, bringing her head over his.
"It's always about the war. Why you don't take your mind off of it for once and occupy yourself with something else." She said with a mischievous smile.
"For example with what?" He asked, equally mischievously grinning.
"Well, how about making your gorgeous girlfriend feel like the Goddess she is?"
"I had that right after checking the news in my schedule."
"Is that so?"
"Of course, I could never tell the untruth to a Priestess, what do you take me for?"
Both smiled even broader now before she leaned down and kissed him while her hand moving a strain of hair behind her ear.
"You could start with getting ready. Today there will be a important visit of some old friends of us at the palace and I bet Usagi wants you to be there as well."
Half an hour later, it was around 9:30 AM, Rei's red Porsche was speeding on one of the bridges towards Crystal Tokyo and soon the couple arrived at the Palace.
They were scheduled for breakfast with some of the Senshi and headed straight to the mess hall.
They sat down on a table where Haruka, Michiru, Makoto and Hotaru were already sitting at, the two later already having breakfast after exercising together.
"Babe, why you don't get something to eat for us? Uhm, I'd like some fruits." Rei asked SunTzu.
"Yeah, Haruka. Maybe you can join him. I'd like some fruits as well." Michiru chimed in.
"Why you don't join us?" The short haired blonde glanced at both of the other women.
"Haruka, could you be just be so kind? Please?" Michiru replied with a bright smile and her most sweet voice.
"Right. Let's go, Fritz." Haruka got up and pulled SunTzu along.
As soon as the two pilots were out of earshot, Rei and Michiru who were sitting opposite to each other leaned in to the other.
"Have you told her yet? The raven haired asked the teal haired.
"No, I haven't. I decided to not let her know before. You know how she'll react. What about you? Told SunTzu something about our guests?"
"Not really. I want him to make his first impressions of the Sailor Stars on his own."
"I hope Haruka won't influence him." Michiru said and sighed.
"I'm actually more worried that Seiya will manage it on her own to bring him up against her. You know that attitude of her."
"I do hope the Starlights will treat him friendly. Same goes for their attitude towards Haruka-papa. I'm ready to defend my superiors' honor." Hotaru stated in a neutral tone, between two spoons of her British porridge.
Rei snorted.
"Great, if Haruka isn't going to throw hands with Seiya, you will."
A few hours and his usual activities later, SunTzu was told to appear in the Throne Room.
In said room the Royal Couple was sitting on their thrones, Endymion I. obviously rather bored and the Queen being the stark contrast. Apparently she was really happy about the visitors.
Most of the Inner Circle was already there, including Naru and Umino and a few of the Senshi.
Before he could ask who the visitors was, Artemis walked over to him.
It had been planned that four headhunters of Terra would form around the yacht of the visitors for an honorary escort but half of the squadron's ships were still in maintenance after Listehol, so SunTzu and AICA, along with Odegana and Xenia would form the escort. The pilot saluted and was about to leave the room when the door to the Throne Room bursted open and a furious Haruka entered, an embarrassed Michiru behind her, trying to calm her lover down.
"Oi Odango! Why nobody's telling me that these Sailor Star Cunts are comin' ova?! Who invited them?! They're way too much of a nuisance in times like these!"
SunTzu stopped in his step and looked at the scene where Usagi, Michiru, Setsuna and Makoto tried to calm the furious half Brit down.
Rei took his hand and pulled him to her, linking in and leading him out of the room.
"Don't forget your assignment, TopGun." She said, patting her boyfriend's hand while she moved him outside, along with herself.
"But.. What… Why's Haruka so mad?"
"Uhm, she's just a bit jealous. Don't worry."
One hour later, Planet Earth's first and only Bavarian spacefighter Pilot was flying his A-Wing in front of a Corellian Yacht, that was escorted from two Z-95 on it's flanks as well and headed towards Crystal Tokyo.
The yacht safely touched down on the Palace Landing Spot while AICA and the other two snubs flew back to the Airbase, from where SunTzu drove back to the Palace.
SunTzu entered the Throne Room again, only to find Mamoru alone on the throne. Beside him was Sailor Uranus, telling him something into his ear. Sailor Saturn and Sailor Neptune were standing a bit afar from the throne and while Hotaru was completely unreadable in her mood, Michiru seemed even more annoyed and embarrassed than she had been before.
As SunTzu entered the room and bowed down, Mamoru told him to get up and Haruka motioned him to come up to her.
Wondering what all that was about he did as told while Haruka obviously tried to persuade her King into something, leaning back onto his ear.
"Come on Mamoru, I can make it look like an accident. There won't be any proof that we shot their ship down. I'm sure SunTzu would help me as well. We could use an EMP-missile and make them fly into the sun." The blonde said into Mamoru's ear with a hushed voice and her hand over her mouth.
After a while of listening to Haruka, Mamoru, still looking like he was bored as hell, held up his hand to stop her.
"Stop it, Sailor Uranus. I mean, he… she knows she already lost, no need for defamation."
"But my King, he took advantage of the fact that you were gone, basically dead, and the Queen was miserable, missing you so much."
Mamoru moved his head left and right to look around.
"I do know that. And on top she tried to win Usagi over for countless times afterwards." Mamoru looked into Haruka's face.
"But honestly, do I give the intention that I fear him… sorry, her, as an opponent? Absolutely not. And Usagi told her that often enough."
"Still your Majesty, approaching a married woman, that has a daughter as well, in that way. Seiya is shameless!"
Mamoru shrugged.
"No need to be gloating about it anymore, my friend. We both know that deep down it's eating her alive that, without thinking, Usago chose me."
While SunTzu still tried to figure out what made Haruka so mad and why Mamoru was in complete BDE mode the door to the adjacent conference room opened and Sailor Pluto, the Inners, Artemis, Luna, three women, in basically the same outfit, the Queen, the Princess and another noble looking woman entered the room again.
The three unknown women were all wearing over knee boots, hot pants and short tops as well as headbands. One had silvery white hair, one, the tallest of the trio, was brunette and then there was one with black hair, which hung down her back in a ponytail bun. The brunette and the black haired looked a bit masculine SunTzu had to admit. The other woman he didn't know had long red hair, that had been braided into two long braids. She was dressed in a red and black dress which reminded SunTzu on traditional or rather ancient Korean or Chinese clothing. SunTzu sensed magical power, and quite a lot of it, going out from all four of them.
The women with the black hair was constantly chatting to Usagi, walking in front of her, the black haired's demeanor very laid back. Chibiusa was glaring at him and SunTzu noticed that he never saw the Princess looking so angered at someone before. Hell, she wasn't the type to look angered at people at all. Who were those women?
The delegation walked into the room except for Usagi and the red haired, who both stayed back near the door to the conference room.
Artemis leaned over to King Endymion and told him the Queen was asking for him.
The King got up and casually walked towards the queen, his cape flowing behind him and his aura and motion truly worthy of a king. On the way to Usagi, Chibiusa passed him and briefly gave him a tight embrace before she walked over to the throne and sat down on her father's place, Sailor Uranus and Artemis still beside it, as well as a confused SunTzu closeby. The Royal Couple and the red haired woman went back to the conference room.
The other Senshi were standing a bit afar between the group at the King's Throne and the group of the three black dressed women, except for Sailor Venus who stroked dramatically through her hair as she passed the visitors and went also to the throne.
SunTzu leaned into Haruka.
"Who is that?"
"Those three bloody cunts are the Sailor Starlights, old friends of the Queen. Unfortunately, if you ask me. We should kick them out the system."
"Oooookay… and the red haired?"
"That's their Queen, Kakyuu. They're all from a planet called Kinmoku. I'll tell you the whole story over a beer one day, but not here or you wanna smash their faces in."
SunTzu nodded, apparently Haruka wasn't a friend of them, although most of the other Senshi seemed to be quite fond with them.
Minako placed herself next to Haruka.
"Oi Venus, u with us?"
"Yup, Cousin Ruka. Yaten is an arsehole. Fuck all these silver haired jerks." Both were talking in thick British accent.
She shook her head in anger and then put her hand on Artemis.
"The only white haired I wanna have around myself nowadays is this handsome hunk here."
Being the polite man he was SunTzu decided to walk over to three Starlights and introduce himself.
As he started to walk over Rei catched up with him.
"WHAT are you doing?" She asked him with a hushed voice.
"I just wanted to be polite and introduce myself."
"Ohhh. I thought Haruka abetted you to do something stupid. I'll introduce you."
She linked in and the couple walked over to the three women.
"Girls, this is SunTzu. The guy protecting us. And my boyfriend."
"SunTzu, this is Taiki, alias Sailor Star Maker." The Pilot and the tall brunette shared a nod and shook hands.
"Yaten, SunTzu. SunTzu, Yaten. Her alias is Sailor Star Healer." SunTzu shook hands with the silver haired woman, who seemed a bit reserved.
"And this is Seiya, Sailor Star Fighter." SunTzu extended his hand but the black haired woman didn't take it, instead she looked past him and onto Rei.
"Really, Rei? This guy? A fucking NOBODY in an uniform? Isn't there anyone better left on this planet?" SunTzu looked in surprise over to Rei, whose face had turned into an icecold glare and for a moment SunTzu could feel that she almost was about to punch the other blackhaired woman in the face.
On the other side of the room Setsuna had to put a hand on the chest of her adoptive daughter to stop her from rushing over, Sailor Saturn was not having any of the shit talking about her superior and friend. Instead Setsuna walked over.
"Oi, u betta watch ye bloody mouth ye fooking closet lesbian!" Haruka stormed forward and Ami and Michiru had to step in front of her as she was about to throw fists with Seiya, who just took a glance at her with a smug grin, as Makoto now joined the two aquatic Senshi to keep Haruka from swinging at Seiya.
And then the Starlight looked back to SunTzu.
"What's wrong, bearded man? Do you even understand me? Or would you prefer guttural sounds?" The two other Starlights put their hands around Seiya now and told her to stop while SunTzu just looked at her with a poker face. Setsuna stood in front of Rei now and pulled her back, the Senshi of Passion's hands were beginning to smoke already, she being speechless of anger. And she could feel what was going on in SunTzu. There were only two reason, Seiya hadn't been knocked out yet, magical powers or not she was a woman and SunTzu also didn't want to upset Usagi. But she could sense his anger dwelling.
"You have to excuse her. She's having a rough day." Taiki said, placing himself in front of Seiya now, while Sailor Venus, Artemis and Chibiusa were discussing if they should get the Queen to interfere.
"Rough day? Look at this poor excuse of soldier. Rei, you're a Sailor Senshi, you should date someone that is worthy of you." And now SunTzu's eyes began to lightly glow yellow and Rei could sense that SunTzu was about to give in to his anger.
"I mean really, who is this guy?" Seiya asked into the Room.
"My First Knight! The Guardian of my Guardians! A war hero! And a great friend! That's what he is!" The Neo Queen's voice sounded off, she and Queen Kakyuu were back in the room. "And I will not tolerate any disrespect towards him. Not even from you Seiya."
"Odango! I…" Usagi walked up to them.
"No Seiya! My warriors are not the outlet for your hurt ego. SunTzu has nothing to do with you and me, there's no reason to project your jealousy of Mamoru on other man in this Kingdom."
Serenity II. was in front of Seiya now. "I let this one slip because we are old friends and Kinmoku is an ally."
"Oda…"
"Quiet, Sailor Star Fighter. Don't forget we are guests of this Kingdom." Queen Kakyuu commanded her guardian now.
In the meantime Usagi had stared Haruka down as well and just before everything had escalated she had defused the situation.
"I apologize Neo Queen Serenity. As you know Sailor Star Fighter is besides herself when you are present."
Usagi nodded slowly, accepting the apology.
"I think it is better we leave now. I hope you do understand my decision to not participate in the Shadow War." Whispering broke out in the room, most of the Senshi disappointed in their allies.
"While i would have welcomed a different decisions I do understand your choice. Very well that is, especially after the last few days."
Both Queens bowed down to each other in understanding and sincere friendship.
"It was a pleasure to see you Neo Queen Serenity, although I wish the circumstances would have been different."
"I would have wished for the same, my friend. May the Moonlight shine bright over you on all of your ways."
The queens bowed again at each other and then Queen Kaakyuu left the room, Artemis leading her out and her three guardians fell in step behind her, with Taiki making an apologizing gesture before she turned around, while Yaten had her arm on Seiya's shoulder, forcing her out of the room.
Which didn't stop her to look back to Usagi and wink at her, which made the glares from a good part of the attending people on the black haired even darker.
Sneakily King Endymion had moved to the door and handed the parting Queen a beautiful red rose, the flower had seemed to appear out of nowhere, and then winked at a surprised Seiya before he waved at the other two Starlights.
"Goodbye Seiya. Have a good trip home guys. Too bad you're leaving already." The king bid farewell to the Senshi with a bright smile, appearing joyful and just had a tad bit too much politeness in his voice.
As soon as the door closed behind them Haruka stepped forward again, the three Senshi around her making room for the female pilot again.
"Oi, can we open a window? It smells like bitch in here."
Usagi slumped down on her throne with a loud sigh, half of the room stepping forward at once, trying to adress her.
She shut down everyone with a motion of her hands.
"That went way different than I wished for. As you heard Kinmoku is not gonna join our cause."
Rei stepped forward, still angered.
"Let's be honest, that wasn't unexpected but let's address Seiya's behavior first. I'm not gonna let this slip like you just did, Usagi. Who does she think she is to treat SunTzu like that. He was just being polite and introducing himself to them!"
"Please calm down Rei." Mamoru chimed in, his voice friendly, as he walked over to his thrown, on the way he patted SunTzu's and Rei's shoulder friendly. Chibiusa stood up and made room for him, looking surprised at her father, as he stayed so calm over the behavior of the woman that loved his wife. The King sat down and gently took the hand of his Queen.
Rei, still brooding, looked at the Royal Couple.
"I am so sorry SunTzu. I feel ashamed my friend Seiya let her anger out on you. You have to see, she harbors extremely deep feelings for me. This is not an excuse but seeing Chibiusa, this prospering Kingdom and me and my beloved King in such an unity must be though and transgressing for her. Not to mention that she worries deeply for my safety and after I made it crystal clear that I will stay beside my troops in combat I think she projected her anger and fear over this on you, as you are one of my warriors apart from the Senshi. Again, I'm sorry. Rei, all of you, I apologize for Seiya's behavior."
"At least WE don't leave our allies on their own." Haruka spat out.
"Sailor Uranus, you know about Kinmoku's pacific stand."
"Pacifism got Alderaan destroyed, Odango!"
"The Emperor and it's doctrine got Alderaan destroyed." Usagi replied to Haruka.
"And all of you know how it is, always was and always will be. We fight to protect the weaker and the one's not able to fight. This goes for Kinmoku as well, no favors in return necessary. And now please excuse me, I need some time to gather myself." Usagi got up and whispered something into Mamoru's ear, which made him get up as well and holding her hand tightly they left the room.
Looking at the Royal Couple leaving, Haruka came over to SunTzu.
"I don't know about you Mate, but I could use a beer right now to calm down."
"Sounds great, let's get the hell out here, before I still decide to board AICA again."
"I'll be coming along as well." Michiru stated.
"Count me in as well. I need something strong to drown my anger." Rei stated.
"Getting trashed and talk shit about the Starlights? Don't forget to pack your blonde Goddess of Love. Also it sounds perfect to belatedly celebrate my birthday." Minako chimed in as well.
Half an hour later the quintet was sitting in an Izakaya in Juban, while the sun set down over the two Tokyos.
What started as some drinks with dinner escalated into a wild night the five friends really had needed, to let out some steam after the hard last days.
The Izakaya was followed by a pub and the night ended in a special night club Haruka and Michiru sometimes attended, SunTzu probably being the only male patron inside but Minako had loved the idea to visit that club.
"This bitch wouldn't mind finding a kitten tonight", were her exact words.
It was early morning when the five friends left the place, Haruka and SunTzu arms linked over each other's shoulders and the other three girls were linked in as well, with Minako in the middle.
"Hey Michiru-Chan… we should totally work on our album now." Minako slurred out and the teal haired answered in French and a very wide, very drunk smile.
The group took a cab over to Michiru's and Haruka's place and Michiru pulled her favorite Stradivari out. Although she was drunk, she began to play like an angel and soon was joined by Haruka on the piano and Rei and Minako singing, leaving SunTzu to be the cheering audience.
Taking a sip of the beer in his hand, SunTzu smiled to himself, while the four girls performed Ed Sheeran's Perfect, and it was perfect, the amazing play of Michiru on her violin, the subtle support from Haruka on the piano, a bottle of beer standing on the piano's topside, and the playful fake slobbering over each other of Rei and Minako singing their souls out. It was great.
It's moments like this that make you know life is great. I'm so thankful for these great people in my life. Fuck what other people outside of the Kingdom think about me.