Windswept (2015)
“Everything glowed, like it had been spray-painted with gold. “Wow,” Banks said at my shoulder.
“Not bad, huh?” I said.
“It’s almost enough to distract me from that horrible factory you’re steering us toward.”
“We’re only steering near that horrible factory,” I said. “And it’s an industrial cane refinery.”
“Oh,” said Banks. “That changes everything.”
“It should,” I said. “No refineries, no molasses.”
“And no city?”
“Worse,” I said. “No booze.”
“A tragedy.”
“Lo...ok, this isn’t Planet Paradise where diamonds and hookers bubble up out of the ground,” I said, zooming in on the beach to look for Jilly. “The only natural resources this place has are a lot of ocean and soil that grows sugarcane. The prices for sea water and industrial molasses are set, and with the way traffic’s been shrinking, the only thing that brings in extra cash is rum with a Co-Op seal.”MoreLess
“Not bad, huh?” I said.
“It’s almost enough to distract me from that horrible factory you’re steering us toward.”
“We’re only steering near that horrible factory,” I said. “And it’s an industrial cane refinery.”
“Oh,” said Banks. “That changes everything.”
“It should,” I said. “No refineries, no molasses.”
“And no city?”
“Worse,” I said. “No booze.”
“A tragedy.”
“Lo...ok, this isn’t Planet Paradise where diamonds and hookers bubble up out of the ground,” I said, zooming in on the beach to look for Jilly. “The only natural resources this place has are a lot of ocean and soil that grows sugarcane. The prices for sea water and industrial molasses are set, and with the way traffic’s been shrinking, the only thing that brings in extra cash is rum with a Co-Op seal.”MoreLess
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