Chapter 491: Mainframe

"So?" Mia sat down on the edge of the bed and rested her head on my shoulder. "Did it go as you hoped it would?" she asked as she took a glance at what I'd written during the meeting. 

"More or less," I replied with a small smile as I tapped the inked end of the feather against the corner of my mouth. 

For some reason, this tiny motion made it easier for me to think. And if getting my mouth dirty with ink was the price of figuring everything out, then I was more than glad to pay it!

"How do you plan to provide for all of their demands, then?" Mia asked while moving around for a bit to find the most comfortable spot on my side. 

"I will start with…" I paused for a second as I moved the papers around in search of the blueprint that I prepared in advance. "I will start with this thing. It will serve as the literal heart of the entire complex."

The picture depicted a relatively simple formation that was brought to its limit by scaling it up.