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Chapter 19, Manny. He knew where they were taking him as soon as the transport exited

Highway 75. It took exit 40B, White Avenue, McKinney. He'd visited the town a few times as a kid,

before things in this part of DFW had gone entirely to shit.

Mani thought of the satellite photos Reggie had shown them.

He thought about that Tesla plant and what strange mysteries it must hide.

Somewhere in that plant was the answer to how the martyrs had so thoroughly befucked the SDF's defense network.

Mani hadn't exactly planned to find an answer to that question on this trip.

Now it seemed like he wouldn't have a choice in the matter. His escorts, Alexander's men,

hadn't said much. They directed him to the proper transport and told him to keep his mouth shut when he asked for an explanation. Mani did as they asked, because he half expected them to

gun him down if he made a real fuss.

Roland's bound to find me. He can find any fucking one. I just need to stay alive long enough for him to get here.

Once upon a time, the Tesla factory had been an immaculate sign of what some commenters called the Texan Renaissance.

After the fall of the old United States,

the Republic of Texas had been one of the first functional states to arise in the southwest.

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