4/5; 4 stars; A-The first story, Intelligent Design, is about a young Val Con out trading/shopping with Shan while they are both working on Dutiful Passage. Val Con finds a decommissioned, fully sentient, former defense command computer. It was boxed up and ready to be disposed of because the guy who was supposed to 'kill it' died first! The end result is that the new butler for Trealla Fantrol is born. Jeeves takes care of the house, the cats, the people and the defense of Korval valley.The second story, Tinsori Light, might make more sense if a person had read the Crystal Soldier/Crystal Dragon books. It is set in the past and is the story of some old tech from the ancient enemy and the commitment of one yos'Phelium scout to help control it.