「A few days later.」
Leo sat behind his desk. A freshly brewed black coffee was at his side, and the latest issue of the Pittsburgh Chronicle was spread open before him.
He didn't need to search the entire paper, or even look at the front page.
He knew full well that the bill passed just a few days ago—the one that would determine the city's logistical lifeblood for the next fifty years—would never appear in a prominent spot.
He found the small, block-of-text article on page six, tucked in a corner between a "Community Pet Adoption Notice" and a supermarket sales ad.
The headline was bland, almost hypnotic: "City Council Passes Logistics Optimization Bill to Improve Port Efficiency."
The article was brief, barely a hundred words, and filled with meaningless officialese like "integrated management," "improved administrative efficiency," and "upgraded environmental standards."
