"The ability to draw and read maps is a more useful skill to him." Given the territory and indeed few people could read and write, the point seemed moot. "I won't go into details, because the story is fairly long, but suffice to say it was a matter of..I believe the term is 'one-up manship' which turned to a level of mutual respect."

And so the friendship went. "Both of us are men of the world and have a desire to see justice done. Berringer might only have a basic level of education, but he's clever and understands the need for reason and thought during an investigation."