Chapter 152: First Day At Work!
The Eastern Medicine Garden’s rich, vibrant world was a sharp contrast to the harsh, perilous landscapes Daniel had grown used to in the lower Verge.
Yet as he stood there, a powerless mortal in a place of vast potential, he felt deeply alone.
His awe at the sheer scale of the place quickly gave way to the mundane reality of his new, and deeply humiliating, station.
A figure approached with a brisk, impatient pace.
He was a middle-aged man with a cold, indifferent face and eyes that seemed to see Daniel not as a person, but as a tool, and a rather dull one at that.
He wore the simple, functional robes of a garden manager.
"You’re the new hand? Vance, is it?" the man asked, his voice flat, devoid of any warmth.
He didn’t wait for an answer. "I’m Silas, your section manager. Your assigned dormitory is that way."
He pointed a bony finger toward a group of simple wooden shacks at the edge of a wide, open field.
"Your roommate is already there. Find him, get settled, and be in the field in one hour. We’re in the middle of a harvest. There’s no time for dawdling."
With that, he turned and marched away, already preoccupied with his datapad.