'The Language of War Is a Language Made of Blood'

The Richardson Autonomous Project was a 22-year-old experiment in sustainable urban living. The bulk of the old Walmart had been converted into an indoor meadow with grow lights hanging from the rafters and a wide, lush field of native grass sprawling across most of the inhabited space. Reggie's face lit up when he saw the bar; by the time Manny had dropped off their bags and paid Charlie and the driver for the night, the journalist was already three beers in.