While Jocelyne and Hammond were discussing their business, another meeting was taking place in another room.Jackson and his father sat on either side of a table. Both had a glass of beer by their side and kept their heads down, not having the courage to look each other in the eye.Jackson didn't know what to say. He had imagined that meeting many times over the past few weeks, repeating in his mind every word he wanted to say to his father. Yet he now he did not remember even one. What did he mean? Was he sorry? Proud of the old man of him? Did he admire him? He didn't know. He almost would have preferred Robert to insult him or boast; it would have been much easier.In the end, he simply chose to say what was on his mind. "I owe you an apology...""Jackson..." Robert murmured, but his son stopped him. Jackson didn't want his father to talk, or he wouldn't be able to go on anymore. He didn't dare look him in the eye because he knew that if he looked into

Chloe urgently needed a good amount of caffeine. Her mind was now falling apart and her body was practically begging for mercy. Being a direct employee of the Commission was sometimes downright detrimental, especially if you were involved in important state matters. Unfortunately for her, Chloe had been involved in the most important and complicated question of state that humanity had ever experienced. Since she returned, every day had been a constant filling out of paperwork, answering questions, holding interviews, talking to important people, running from one part of her and other countries to another, and often sustaining real interrogations by the Commission. She had so much work to do that she once couldn't sleep for two full days. She was pretty sure she got an ulcer just for stress. And then that damned little girl got into it too! She admired Jocelyne's work, but so far she had done nothing but cause her problems. Not only did she create an excessive number of headaches in

“Old Li, call Apache. I have a job for him" he ordered.The ankylosaurus did not have it repeated twice and ran away, albeit rather awkwardly due to its size. Sobek turned to Buck: “How's the recruiting going? And the training?"In the two weeks in which he had evolved he had not been able, for obvious reasons, to receive the daily report on how the increase in the troops of his army was proceeding, so he wanted to inquire immediately."It's going well" Buck replied. "So far, about three hundred thousand dinosaurs have completed training and are ready for battle. As for recruiting… according to our scouts, only a few herds of dinosaurs have yet to join us. Our herd has now exceeded the figure of one million individuals"'If that's the case, then it's shortly before he rises to the rank of beast lord' Sobek mused. "Very good. When all the dinosaurs on the continent are gathered and trained, we will have an army more than sufficient to op

"We have absolute confirmation now" said Robert Oz. “If he's evolved, then it has to be him. Sobek is the one who owns the Mother Cell"The news of Sobek's evolution into a completely new creature had not gone unnoticed by Jocelyne and her companions. From their point of view, that was the confirmation of Dr. Oz's thesis: as he had foreseen, the organism was perfectly adapted to the conditions to which it was subjected."Maybe we should inform the scientific community..." Alan murmured as he read the newspaper, seeing how the situation was escalating. "We have no proof, but at least we would give people a theory"“We can't, not until we have Henry Wu and overwhelming evidence. Otherwise we can never blame the Raiding Global” Jamie stopped him immediately.“I agree with you. At least for the moment it's best to keep your mouth shut” Mitch gave her a strong hand. "It will not be a problem to leave the world in uncertainty for a

Belos was a nation just south of Odaria. It wasn't very big; compared with the nations of Earth, it wouldn't have been bigger than Belgium. Officially it was a completely autonomous parliamentary republic.All bullshit.Everyone in the world knew very well that Belos had nothing autonomous: he depended completely on Odaria to survive. There was also very little democratic: as in Odaria, politicians were elected on the basis of how willing they were to satisfy the wishes of the financial giants. If they weren't, then they didn't go beyond mere candidacy. All the countries bordering Odaria were more or less like this; practically vassal states.Of all the nations that depended on Odaria, Belos was perhaps the worst offender. More than a nation it was considered a haunt for crime. The most shady and illegal activities were carried out in the open without anyone doing anything to stop them. Brokers and gangsters around the world used it as a crossroads for their dir