Gabriella Pleasant

Scorched Earth Policy

In one of the Factory Worker districts of Southern Calimart, the reach of the ruling company was being tested. A laborer’s house had been vandalized some time ago, but was only recently reported. The aerial photos showed crude drawings of birds and big-headed people hugging each other. The sale of chalk was prohibited to children in the lower districts, so the local authorities were ready to attach ‘Sale of Illegal Goods’ to the vandalism charge. But no self-respecting official would go near a laborer, so something more creative had to be done.