Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Physics & Slaughter

The sound of a steam whistle shrieked across the borderlands.

Ragnar, Director of Industry, was already awake. He stood inside his command tent, running a cloth over the flank of his horse.

The horse was a massive, sullen beast named Calculus. Unlike the nimble ponies the Vikings favored, Calculus was a draft horse mixed with a destrier a creature built for torque, not speed.