“So, can you please answer me? Who is this Henry Wu?"
Jocelyne hated being cut off from the conversation. The six scientists in the room seemed to know what she was talking about, but she didn't know the name at all.
In the end, it was Ellie who spoke: "Wu is... an old acquaintance of ours"
"A troublemaker" Ian grumbled.
Jocelyne ignored him. "How do you know him?"
“He used to work with Hammond… before Ingen collapsed” Ellie replied.
This time the name was by no means alien to Jocelyne. Everyone knew John Hammond, the man who had long been a big shot in finance.
“Of course you have never heard of him. Wu's work wasn't known to the public” Ellie explained. “As you surely know, before going bankrupt Ingen was specializing in genetics. Hammond hoped to use DNA from different animals to solve environmental problems. Yes, in short... replace the current nature with one capable of resisting climate
The nations kept their word. As Sobek had predicted, as long as they didn't know more about the mysterious new enemy, they would keep the peace. This was enough for the spinosaurus: the time the humans gave them would allow Sobek to rally his followers, and moreover the humans would help him by delivering all the dinosaurs in their possession!In a way, thinking about it with a clear head, Sobek had agreed that this solution had several advantages. First, it allowed him to exponentially increase the size of his pack, and secondly, it would take away possible hostages from humans.Furthermore, Sobek had in mind to use that time to further evolve. Thanks to his recent actions, his fame points had risen at a breakneck speed; he had far exceeded the billion he needed. This would have granted him not only new abilities, but would have allowed him to unlock the [Anti-aircraft system].Since the humans would use the time available to them to upgrade their arsenal, Sobe
Sobek headed for the newcomers as soon as he was done dealing with the humans. Up to that point it had been Old Li, Buck and Carnopo who had looked after them, but since he was the pack leader, it was appropriate to give them a fair welcome.But as he was approaching he saw himself coming towards Carnopo. "Pack leader, you have to come""Did something happen?"“No, but… you will see it for yourself. The newcomers have... problems "Sobek did not understand. Problems? What was Carnopo talking about? When they got off the ship he had only glimpsed the new dinosaurs, since he was more focused on dealing with humans, but they seemed normal to him. However, as soon as he got to the spot where Old Li, Buck and Carnopo had gathered the newcomers, he realized that things were much more complicated. The dinosaurs actually had no physical injuries… but that didn't mean they were healthy.He realized this simply by observing the first dino
“… and therefore, I think the best choice is to fortify the border. We cannot know if humans will respect peace, so it is better to leave with caution"Sobek snorted. He had been listening to Pierce speak for half an hour, who wanted at all costs to establish a further line of defense.“This would be dangerous. It would give humans the impression that we want to reopen hostilities" Old Li noted. “Humans are fickle creatures. If they perceived a danger they would not hesitate to react""I know, but we have to think about the worst" Pierce said. “Currently our borders are uncovered. To the west there are the mountains that provide us with cover and are easily defensible, but the coast is a weak point. A fleet could easily dock there""So what do you propose to do?" Sobek asked.“We build obstacles. We fill the shallow waters with rocks, so that it is impossible to dock where we do not want to. And we fortify the e
"It is not so? What other reason could you have?" the giganotosaurus growled.“A brain that works, for example. This is what I have. Tell me, have you tried to think even for a second what an open warf with humans would entail at the moment?" Sobek returned Snork's defiant gaze. “Tell me, would exterminating the humans present here have helped our brothers who are still prisoners? Can you run fast enough to cross the ocean in time to save them? If we went to war, who do you think would be the first humans to turn against? We, who are well armed, or our brothers still prisoners, who are instead defenseless and therefore an excellent means to vent their anger?"Snock fell silent for a moment. It was clear that he didn't have an answer to that question.Sobek sighed. Like all hotheads, Snock had only looked at the immediate result, without thinking in a more forward-looking way. He wasted no time and added to the dose: “Tell me, what would happen
Jocelyne watched the setting sun settle behind the trees that flowed past her eyes with a blank stare. She seemed not to have the strength to do anything else. She had stood still for so long that Jackson finally asked him, “Are you feeling bad, miss? Do you want I stop the car?"The girl shook her head: “No, keep driving. I was just lost in my thoughts""You should take advantage of this trip to rest a little, miss. You don't look good lately""Shut up and drive"Jocelyne knew she was a mess. She was pretty sure that if she looked in the mirror she would see two huge dark circles beneath her eyes, a far more hollow face and her hair set in absurd hairstyles. But there was nothing she could do about it: the period she was experiencing was definitely not calm.In the first place she had had to deal with the anger of the Commission. Many governments were already furious with her for having been 'too autonomous' in the negotiations and wer
Jocelyne couldn't relax. The others had already retired for a while, but she wasn't calm at all. She couldn't stay still in her bed doing nothing. Hammond had made sure she had every kind of comfort, from books to video games, but she didn't want to take out her frustration on them.She eventually chose to just take a walk. Hammond had told her that she could move freely in her mansion, so she might as well take a stroll. And then she wanted to enter the strange corridor she had glimpsed when they entered.She quickly went down the stairs and found herself in the hall. She wondered if Hammond didn't want strangers to pull out into the hall, but if he did, why not put a door in it? It was obvious that the elderly tycoon didn't care so much about that.So she turned the corner and entered the corridor. What she saw surprised her greatly.The corridor was very long and was completely in a straight line; whoever built it seemed to have paid close attention to
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
Sobek was sure that even in his absence, the dinosaurs would do just fine. In fact, every time he went to sleep, the pack was in danger of unbalancing.The lack of a strong central figure created not a few problems, not so much for the common dinosaurs but above all among the 'higher spheres', namely Buck, Old Li, Blue, Carnopo and Apache. All the other dinosaurs were their subjects, so no one would dare disobey them; but there was no hierarchical relationship between them. To decide, they couldn't just order each other what to do because they were all on the same level.For animals there were only two categories: commanders and commandeds. In a pack it was unthinkable that there wasn't a single individual at the center of all to command all the others. Hierarchies could exist, but only if there was a strong central figure to mediate during the discussions would the pack have avoided breaking apart.Buck, Carnopo, Old Li, Apache and Blue were therefore in a prec