Chapter 1096: Prediction
There was a brief busy signal on Hesta's end of the line. A moment later, Stella's voice came through.
"Hello, Victoria, can you hear me?"
"Yes, I can."
"I'm giving you a woman's contact information. Tell her what's going on and ask her to think of a solution—you need to make it clear exactly what kind of help you need. Um... Pakart will send you an email later. You can follow her outline..."
Victoria held the landline receiver between her shoulder and ear as she entered the name "Sophie" and a string of numbers into her phone.
"Who is she?"
"A member of a medical relief organization," Stella said. "Talk to her first. If she isn't cooperative enough, we'll think of something else—"
"If she isn't cooperative enough," Hesta's voice replaced Stella's on the other end, "have Arevalo contact the person in charge of that relief organization. Tell Sophie to give you the director's contact information."
"Then I can have Arevalo—"
Stella's voice took over again. "Give Sophie a chance! See how she reacts! We can invite her to the farm sometime, and everyone can get to know each other."
"Alright, alright..." Victoria replied with a smile. She could practically imagine Hesta and Stella squeezing their heads together in front of the same receiver on the other end of the line. "Where are you now?"
"In downtown Grenoble," Stella answered.
Victoria was somewhat surprised. Grenoble was the most prosperous city in southern District 12. Mountains surrounded it on three sides, while the Weihoton River, which ran through all of District 12, lay on the fourth. Even after it had been excluded from the Habitable Zone because of the war and Chelated Disease infections, it had retained electricity and trade through its hydraulic works and merchant vessels.
"Weren't