Chương 309: Settling Down

Aldrich sat in a plush swiveling chair with black leather that shone with a polish that sparkled dollar signs. Facing away from a desk, he looked out at a bullet and bombproof glass wall, staring down at Haven from the top of a forty floor view.

Bulky orange and yellow repair bots dotted the streets, carrying steel beams and vats of reinforced concrete. Smaller bots did repairs, filling in cracks and holes in roads and buildings. Flying drones buzzed about, scanning structural integrity and assessing repair procedures for the land-based bots.

All of the machinery had the logo of a white hammerhead shark's distinctive head against a circle of black emblazoned upon them.

Hammerhead Industries - Seismic's biggest sponsor.

Like muscles and bones knitting back together after injury, the city was healing.