Time Remaining: 35 Days, 18 Hours. (Status: Detained. Processing Center 9. Asset Status: Pending.) Location: The Intake Facility, City of Ferro.
The hospitality of the Iron Empire tasted like lye soap and smelled like wet wool.
Arthur sat on a cold steel bench bolted to a cold steel floor. The room was a windowless cube of riveted iron, lit by a single gas-mantle lamp that hissed softly in the corner, casting a sickly yellow light. The air was recycled, pumped in through a vibrating vent near the ceiling, carrying the distinct, metallic tang of the city outside—a mix of ozone and rust.
