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“Perhaps he is right”

“What next, Mr President?”

Castro stared out the open door for several moments “I believe my next order of business is to pay a visit to the harbor docks”

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The asso Sea as they sat moored bow to stern at the Port of Havana’s Terminal Sierra Maestra Shortly after the Starfish was recovered, a Cuban Navy corvette had joined the two vessels to assist with the rescue efforts The corvette then acted as a voluntary escort for the ships’ passage to Havana Military a on the docks and took the Sea Raker’s survivors to an Arht security

Pitt and Gunn stood conversing on the bridge, upwind of Giordino with a freshly lit Rahtly in his teeth A crewman entered with a befuddled look “Sir, you have a visitor,” he said to Pitt, then stood aside

Raúl Castro, joined by an aide, walked in without pretense and introduced himself The startled A the Cuban president aboard

“I’ operation in reat environmental catastrophe,” Castro said

Pitt nodded “I’ Unfortunately, several lives were lost, and a rather expensive overnment”

Castro shrugged off the liability “My brother and I used to fish the waters off of Havana and Matanzas It would hurt me to see harm done to the sea The thermal vents there are now safe?”

“Yes, though there are still explosives in place at one site that will have to be removed”

“What about these mercury releases?” Castro asked

“That is still a problem,” Gunn said “Both here and to the south of Cuba, there are active toxic plumes”

“We may have a solution,” Pitt said “Mark Ra machines into a type of b

ulldozer The e portion of the currently exposed vents with sediether extinguish, the release of mercury”