Meanwhile, just as one particular group managed to settle several important matters that night, somewhere far darker and considerably more remote, things weren't nearly as peaceful.
"Wrap faster! Faster! Hurry up, you useless shits!"
A loud, raspy voice tore through the damp, reeking darkness of what looked to be an abandoned mining tunnel.
The place had clearly stopped being used for its original purpose a long time ago.
Now, beneath rows of flickering lights that barely managed to illuminate the cavernous space, countless people sat hunched over makeshift workstations, their exhausted faces slick with sweat as their trembling hands worked as quickly as they possibly could.
The air itself felt suffocating.
