Project Dakota: Rising of the dead
The arrival of a vehicle was always an event.
As they climbed out, stretching stiff limbs, the main door of the central administration building—a repurposed school—swung open, and Eli stepped out. Eli was one of Carlos’s most trusted, a man in his late twenties with a quiet competence and a perpetual, slightly worried expression, as if he were personally responsible for the structural integrity of the entire universe. His eyes scanned the car, then Jake and Ethel, before landing on Levi, who was climbing out of the back seat, looking small and incredibly grimy against the backdrop of the organized camp.
“Jake. Ethel,” Eli said with a curt nod. “Good to see you back in one piece. Carlos will
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