Clockwork [Working Title] – Work in Progress

"Everything all right there, Carl?"

"Just peachy, Cap. Visuals bugged out on me for a moment again there. Had to wait for the service to restart."

"Jeez, again? Your replacement surrogate will have an improved optics system, so hopefully..."

"Hopefully I'll get it before I retire."

"We put a rush on it. Best we can do on our end. You know things have slowed to a crawl since the spike."

"There's always a spike."

"Be grateful you've still got somethin’ to retire from. A lotta folks..."

"Always."

Carl let ...