"As much as I would like you to see Dinotopia as perfect, it is far from it I am afraid."  He sighed heavily and stroked his mustache as he pulled out a stool and flopped onto it. "He was one of the people long long ago that found the fabled World Beneath. He and Professor Denison found something similar to our sunstones called a Ruby Sunstone that could power huge machines. It was ost beneath the waves when he was stopped. That was not the first time and it was not the last. Again after that he tried to stockpile weapons from the empire of Chandara. Of course he escaped again somehow, I think it was with help from the ship wrecked soldiers that came later. He has never said how. The soldiers wanted to leave and could not. Not because they were stopped, but because we did not know anyway to leave. Many of them did not beleive what they were told and Grandfather insisted that there must be a way to leave. He has spent almost every waking moment planning and plotting to leave. To take what he wants from here and, I fear, to come back and conquer it. He beleives that all humans here are slaves. Sadly mother and father had taken his beliefs to heart. I have not done so. I do not beleive him. Even though others think and look down on me because of the actions of my family I still strive to do good things."  He looked up at her with regret. "It is a lot to take in and I am sorry you had to learn of it this way. I did not mean to deceive you, but I understand if that is how you feel. I think he and many of the soldier arrivals wish to leave. Personally I wish they would and never come back. They cause much trouble to those of us who wish only to live in peace. I believe that if he can find your plane and fix it, they may actually be able to leave. I do not know for certain if they could fix it or even power it." Richard smiled again, this time more naturally. "This house used to belong to a Weather Watcher. The tower was where she would track the clouds and weather patters and judge how severe the storms would be. I am glad that it gave you a view of the city that you enjoy. You should try and watch a sunset or sunrise from there. The view is breath taking."