The Harvest Tide Project (2012)
“The glass tank before him was the width of a man’s outstretched arms on all four sides, but reached up to the ceiling, hidden in the shadows high above him. It was one of thirty in the building. The tanks were the centre of the project; its success would be decided in one of these glass columns. No, Hovem thought, its success had been decided. What he saw before him in the glass vessel was the end of the project. And it would be the end of more than that. He had known it would happen eventually.... The people here may have been ignorant of the ways of the world, but where the ways of plants were concerned, they were geniuses.
‘This is the tank that Shessil was working on?’ he asked, already knowing the answer.
‘Yes, Mr Hovem,’ the young lab assistant replied. ‘Isn’t it fantastic?’ ‘Yes, lad it is. It is fantastic.’ Hovem gazed into the misty contents of the vessel.
With Shessil gone, this tank contained the only key to the completion of the project.MoreLess
‘This is the tank that Shessil was working on?’ he asked, already knowing the answer.
‘Yes, Mr Hovem,’ the young lab assistant replied. ‘Isn’t it fantastic?’ ‘Yes, lad it is. It is fantastic.’ Hovem gazed into the misty contents of the vessel.
With Shessil gone, this tank contained the only key to the completion of the project.MoreLess
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