Summary

Back at the hacienda, Matt and Celia ate lunch together. Things were tense because Matt saw Celia as a mother and wished to spend time with her; Celia thought that Matt, as the drug lord, should be eating alone. He had an image to portray to his people; Opium was currently only led by a handful of humans and thousands of eejits.

They discussed Cienfuegos and whether or not he was trustworthy. As a Farm Patrolman, Matt was suspicious; however, Tam Lin had recommended Cienfuegos as a man who wanted to end the drug trade and restore the land to its previous farmable state. He had studied agriculture in college and wanted to see Opium grow crops again. Cienfuegos was a sort of high-level eejit. He was microchipped in a very specific fashion that allowed him freedom of thought and actions, but he...