She thought about her parents, who truly believed that they could live beyond the reach of Verdance. Their homestead was carbon neutral; they needed nothing. Who could possibly object? Destry Senior never worked directly with Ronnie the way Destry did—he and Frenchie had spent too much time alone in the forest, away from Verdance corporate politics. They must have convinced themselves that nobody would care if they wanted to finish out their lives on unoccupied land. Who were they, after all? Just two small life forms. But to Ronnie, they were property. And property was value—as long as it was
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