In the end, we don’t use a wheelchair but rather the brute strength of four agritechs plus Harmony to carry a groggy Humboldt on his blanket and slide him across the car’s back seat. Benny, Joey, and Geordie take turns hugging and reassuring me they’re doing whatever Len and Wes ask of them. Benny further shares that he’s supervising the vertical farm B rebuild so it sticks as close to the schedule as possible. That way, when Finan gets home, he has time to heal and not stress about time lines and contractors and everything that goes into reconstructing the high-tech food factory Iona’s acolytes burned to the ground.
“And we’re ready to head to Vancouver to search if they need us to. We can go in shifts. Just say the word,” Benny offers. I hug him again and whisper my thanks as Geordie an
