“Good morning, everyone. As you can see, we have some new blood in our midst. Found him on the front porch this morning at dawn like a lost puppy looking for a new home. Say hello to the new puppy,…

The alert buzzed on Shiloh's smartwatch as she drained the last dregs of her morning coffee. A harvest droid had suddenly gone offline in the northeast quadrant of the orchard and had been unresponsive for going on fifteen minutes. Grimacing,…