Ten minutes down the road, Robert stopped the truck, and got out.
"Honey, what are you doing?" Julia asked. "There's like fifty of them, all armed."
"Maybe, but not necessarily Dangerous," said Robert, as he walked up to John. "How long do you think they'll last?"
"Depends on how long it takes for them to realize that no new food will be coming in," said John. "Told them that now's a bad time to rebel or escape."
"Why do you say that?" Julia asked. "They took the farm over."
John chuckled, and pointed at the sky.
The Wolfes watched as white powder started to settle upon them.
Robert started laughing. "Right, snow and Winter. No fresh fruits or vegetables for several months, unless one buys them from the other side of the country and have it shipped in. That, and none of them know how to hunt."
"They might kill the non-human livestock though," said Julia.
"Pigs other larger livestock are dangerous unless you kill them quickly," said John. "Also, unless they've had my raising, they'll have issues killing even a chicken."
"So, how long do you think it will take for them to reconsider?" Robert asked.
"A week, maybe two, depending on how long that they are willing to starve, once food storage runs out," said John. "Set up a message box in a spot that they can easily see, and make sure that they watch you place a message in it, letting them know to place a message in the box for when that wish to discuss terms of their surrender. The rest of the livestock, the other nine hundred or so, who weren't involved in the rebellion, might stage their own counter-rebellion, and simply offer up those fools as part of the deal."
"Alright," said Robert. "So, give them a couple of weeks to come to their senses. I guess we could use the vacation. I'll call to see if there's a hotel willing to put us up for a few weeks, while renovations are done to our farm. I'll also see to it that supply deliveries are simply placed on hold, until they hear otherwise, but to deliver the moment that they receive word from us."
"It will be a harsh lesson for them, especially for Matthew," said John. "Freedom isn't easy."
"So, you don't mind being Livestock?" Billy asked.
"I'd rather be Wild and Free," said John. "But, one has to be smart. Grade doesn't matter to the Free - it's simply how well you can survive being Free. Someone with an F-Grade could end up being a leader, simply because they knew what plants not to eat, or because they knew how to trap fish. As for an S-Grade without such knowledge, they just might end up as a rotting corpse, or eaten by a bear because they didn't kill it quick enough."
Robert chuckled. "I remember one bear."
"So do I," said John. "I wonder if it's the same one."
Robert looked at John, who gave him a look back.
"Very well," said Robert. "Let's get a nice hotel room. There ought to be one that allows slaves and Pets."
John chuckled. "I'll keep that last bit in mind."
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