Chapter Fifteen
Lm-2
“Scowling is like frowning but with more swear words.”—James the Strong
Over the years, the Foreigners and their whole “let’s take care of our planet” stance had begun to grate on those in the city.
Who cared about the state of wild hemp or the “stroke—don’t eat—a four-legged creature” campaign? Most in the city just wanted the Foreigners to shut up and make things—like their statues. In fact, those from the city would have happily run the Foreigners into the outlands, if it wasn’t for their statues and the discovery of the reflectors—a discovery stumbled onto by Loud Mouth’s granddaughter; LM-2.
LM-2 was a quiet teenager with a brilliant brain who had been assigned to babysit Manifesto the Great, a boy who loved to collect things.
From the time he could walk, he
