Hi Morgana,
Thanks for the FDK!
Thanks for taking time out to post, I know how busy you are with your husband just getting back from his trip.
RE: The lowered CO2 level.
There is no industry because this is at least an abandoned planet, if it had ever been inhabited at all. In view of the altered climate it would have been abandoned by its inhabitants long before. That being the case there has been no industry of any kind, perhaps for millennia. No combustion of fossil fuels = lower CO2 levels.
RE: Lori’s appearance – a small nod to one of my beta readers. Artemis has been a godsend to me as a writer.
RE: Lori’s bad feeling. It may or may not be as bad as it seems. I guess you’ll have to wait and see.