Summary

Matt temporarily opened Opium’s borders, long enough to allow trains of doctors, nurses, equipment, medicine, and new bodyguards. They were sent to Paradise for training with Dr. Rivas. One doctor was brought to Ajo, and Nurse Fiona was reassigned to washing dishes and babysitting Listen. The trains returned to Aztlan, to Esperanza, bearing plants, animals, and opium.

Extra opium was still stacking up outside the factory, and drug dealers from Africa, Europe, and Asia were growing impatient. One drug dealer, Happy Man, was especially eager, and after stalling as long as he could, Matt finally answered Happy Man’s holoport call. He was in Marijuana, near the eastern border of Opium. Happy Man was living in squalor. He was surprised to see Matt and asked for El Patron. Happy Man told Matt that the city was in flux between the Farm Patrol...