“What are they working on?” I ask. “The grid,” Jax says, pointing to the panels. “We’re getting close to self-sufficiency.” “You’re building a power grid?” “The only way the Icebox—or any future city on Earth—can exist is with a power source,” Dante says. “But Kincaid—” “Is shortsighted,” Dante interrupts me. “He can only think of destroying Arras. He’s never considered what it will take to rebuild Earth after that. If we’re going to repopulate civilization, we’ll need access to power, and the last thing I want is to rely on Kincaid when that day comes.” “We’re experimenting with an exclusively solar-based system,” Jax tells us. “We don’t have access to coal at this point. That’s still under Kincaid’s control, but I’ve built a photovoltaic array that is entirely dependent on solar energy.
