Engineering Workshop — Following Morning
The workshop smelled of fresh wood and metal.
Kaito had spread Lilith's scrolls across the central table, weighing down the corners with heavy tools to keep them from rolling up. Morning light streamed through the high windows, illuminating the complex diagrams.
Five senior engineers surrounded the table. Older men, all of them, with calloused hands and expressions that said they'd seen many "revolutionary" ideas fail.
Ferrus, who had returned from the mining expedition with Naporia, was the youngest of the group. The other four out-aged him by decades.
Kaito pointed at the first diagram.
"Irrigation system. Main channels here, secondary distributing toward..."
"Commander."
The one who spoke was a man with a completely white beard named Oswin. He had built most of the important buildings in Dreisburg before Kaito arrived.
Kaito stopped.
"Yes?"
