Chapter 20: This Won’t Work

Chapter 20: This Won’t Work

We stepped into the first factory, a massive hall meant for cutting and spreading, and the reality hit me hard right away. This was supposed to be luxury production—high-end ready-to-wear for Herlos, where fabric cost a fortune per yard—but it looked worn down and tired.

Long automatic spreaders sat frozen, their metal arms rusted at the joints and locked over huge tables scarred with deep cuts and stains from years of use. Precision cutters flickered weakly under dusty spotlights, barely able to hold a steady line for perfect cuts, but the blades were dull and misaligned.

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