Chapter Forty-Nine
Even from the air, the sight of so many people crammed together stunned Jia. She’d gotten used to massive gatherings on tower platforms. The size of this crowd dwarfed what she saw at the sphere ball arena.
A lot of people wanted to see the Prime Minister talk, but from what she could tell, there were so many people, most would be relying on enlarged holographic displays. They might have wanted to be part of the atmosphere, part of something positive. She couldn’t blame them.
Captain Ragnar and Erik had both said it long ago: things would get worse before they got better. Hunting the darkest dregs of humanity had forced monsters into the light. Neo SoCal had often borne the brunt of that, with perhaps only the people of New Samarkand suffering more.
The jostling crow
