Chapter Fifty-Nine - The Full Stop Does Not Stop
Chapter Fifty-Nine - The Full Stop Does Not Stop
"While we try very hard to keep inflation at a steady rate--because such a steady rate allows for steady, controllable growth across all sectors--we firmly believe that the currency inflationary rates for foodstuffs might be too elevated.
500% yearly increases would mean a very real risk of starvation amongst the workforce, a workforce that we've yet to automate. Not to mention, this same workforce makes up a vast majority of our customer base."
--Letter from the Union of Corporate Interests of NA, 2042
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"Here goes nothing," I said as I gently tapped the fire button. My hair stood on end, the room trembled slightly, and the shell was off.
At the moment, it was somewhere in the mid-afternoon, and I couldn't help but feel like that was subtly wrong.
We had just fired what might be the final blow. It was meant to be momentous, something big and important, a moment that would go down in the history books... and all I could think about was how I was a little hungry.
"Could really go for a snack right about now," I said.