“Yes,” Fabyan continued, “a community of thinkers.” He took the reporter to the farm and explained how his scientists were taking cows and pigs and sheep and freezing them with rocks of ice and then slicing them thin as salami, to study their anatomy; he showed off the statues of the duck and the Egyptian thrones next to the Villa and pointed out with glee that they weren’t made of marble or stone but of concrete, which lasts longer than stone and can be carved like stone; he pointed to the Dutch windmill and bragged that it was fully functional, that he used the mill to grind flour and bake
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