By now, the various areas inside the base had gradually fallen quiet.
With Cordelia and Reginald Sutton watching Lexy, Nina Jacobs wasn't worried for the time being.
Although Lornwood Base now had electricity, lights-out was very early. According to Silas Crowley, they were used to eating whatever they could around four o'clock and then preparing to rest.
Resting motionless and sleeping consumed the least amount of energy and water.
Edmund Lawson was still eating the coarse-flour flatbread he'd snatched, pairing it with the ham sausage and alcohol Isidore Donovan had also snatched. The group was quite content.
"Back in the day, that Silas Crowley was just a fool with more money than sense in our circle. But hey, who can blame him when making money was so easy for his family?"
"I heard his family background is pretty impressive. Didn't they forbid him from joining the entertainment industry? Did he have a falling out with them later?"
