Waiting on research results is painful.
With all this AI, I expect everything to be instantaneous.
I know verification is necessary, but I’m impatient!
Ash must’ve sensed I was feeling listless.
He pointed me in the direction of the community garden.
It took me a while to find it.
It’s hidden inside one of the orchards.
It’s on the southern end of Tessera, far away from the highway.
I’m not sure, but I think it’s a full square mile dedicated to farming and gardening.
I’m not talking about the vertical farms.
Those are separate.
The verts are tied to the mushroom farms and the fish farms.
It’s a nutrient recycling thing.
No, this is different.
They’re for good old-fashioned farming and gardening.
There’s even an old barn.
It’s falling apart, but there’s a small group of folks taking care of it.
One guy, Tan, sleeps in the rafters where they keep the extra bales of hay.
There are a couple of goats, a horse, and a llama.
Yes.
A llama.
My guess is this is what’s left of the old ranch.
Spent some time talking to Tan and his partner, John.
Nice couple.
They were kind enough to give me the tour.
Lots of veggies, berry bushes, cut flowers, a compost pile.
The usual.
Lovingly tended.
They’ve got a handful of bots helping them out.
Tan and John spend most of their time living in and designing the space.
It’s odd.
Didn’t expect to see a bunch of outdated humanoids gardening with old rusty shovels and pitchforks.
And I’m not talking about Tan and John.
I’m talking about the old Optimus and Figure forms.
Remember those?
Seems they still have their uses.