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[whichend]

[ Arya has gotten much better at using the camera on this thing since she arrived, and she's able to keep the camera focused on herself this time without much effort. Which is good, because she knows she needs to be taken seriously if this is going to work.

Arya is standing in the charred remains of what looks like was once a kitchen. The setting is on purpose -- it's a reminder to what happened, and what needs to be done because of it. ]

Hello, Hadriel.

You all know what happened last month. You know how the food was contaminated, and you saw the sickness that took many of us, and caused the sick to feed upon the healthy whether they liked it or not. This happened because we are too dependent on food from beings we do not see and do not fully understand.

[ She says, firmly. ]

We cannot afford to rely on the gods like we are children, and they are parents. There is enough of us here to survive on our own, all of us, if we work for it. We share one thing: whatever each person may think about this place, none of us were brought here willingly. That, I think, is enough to trust one another if not work together.

There are other ways to get food. There is a man named Newt here who knows how to grow it, and if that is your interest or specialty, it may be a good idea to talk to him. I can hunt, and I think there are a few more of us here who can as well. There is certainly enough of us to find food for everyone. Monsters can be meat, and more and more monsters are brought in every month. We need not go hungry, and we need not be helpless.

[ Arya swallows. Off-camera, she's digging her nails into her palms, not wanting to say her last piece, but knowing she can't keep hiding it forever. There's a brief pause before she gathers herself enough to continue. ]

My name is Arya Stark. If you would like to contact me. If you are interested in hunting, in learning, in teaching others, or even simply becoming independent as a city.

Comments

[wormintheglass]

[Bianca, who has recognised the speech patterns of a low-tech society, smiles thinly.]

It's part of an unbroken continuum of innovation and technology - the forging of metal blades at one end, the creation of dimensionally transcendent timeships at the other. Sadly, we're unlikely to find the resources to build timeships, here. But I hope we may be able to repurpose some of Rage's armoury for bullets.

[whichend]

[ Arya doesn't understand half of what Bianca's saying, but she knows that smile. Hates that smile. Arya returns it, because even though Bianca may know about physics, Arya doubts she could survive years of winter without her technology. ]

That should not be difficult, provided you have the fires and the means to control them to do so.

[wormintheglass]

That would be where the physics come in, Arya dear. I suspect there is no coal to be found, but almost anything will burn, if the correct conditions are applied. Possibly even the bodies of the larger monsters, if they have enough fat content.

[whichend]

Do not call me Arya dear. I am no one's dear, and have not been for a long time.

[ The name sounds patronizing, and too much like Arya's mother. Her dead mother. ]

It is good to hear that the forge is feasible. Please let me know if this operation can be of use to yours.