The Risk I Took III

   Part three. Apparently Catholicism is somehow still around. Are we going for some sort of "convergent timelines" explanation?

   SO, the Roman Empire, still being around and all, have "herd talle" (I'm presuming it means "heard tale") of China's new power play to expand westward. They take captive a group of Portuguese Missionaries, presuming them to be Chinese spies. Hey, it's not like I make the rules. Okay, I did, as I wrote this in the first place, but that was a far younger version of me. There are Portuguese people who look Chinese, right? Right? Okay, China here refers to not just the Middle Kingdom but Russia and India, so their concept of China is far broader than our concept of China. Of course.