"Probably a good idea," he said. "I generally do the same, and it saves a lot of headaches. Vexen's the science guy, not me. Well, there's Ian too, but they're more on the tech side than metaphysics."
As the reached the delivery entrance and Lea opened the door with his free hand, he continued. "Among other things, dealing with the food situation. This area's cut off from things like farms and grocery stores, so we're mostly only still eating at the moment because one of the people here can produce food magically. But relying on her's not a long term solution, and it looks like we might need one. Also there's figuring out why this area's cut off to begin with; it's clearly not natural and may or may not be connected to most of the population vanishing. Then there's retrieving said population from wherever they've poofed off to, and in the mean time, establishing reliable communication with the only other place that currently has any people. The issue is that that place is basically an island prison designed to be sealed off from the outside world, and for better or worse, the barrier around it works really well."
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Date: 2024-08-26 05:27 am (UTC)As the reached the delivery entrance and Lea opened the door with his free hand, he continued. "Among other things, dealing with the food situation. This area's cut off from things like farms and grocery stores, so we're mostly only still eating at the moment because one of the people here can produce food magically. But relying on her's not a long term solution, and it looks like we might need one. Also there's figuring out why this area's cut off to begin with; it's clearly not natural and may or may not be connected to most of the population vanishing. Then there's retrieving said population from wherever they've poofed off to, and in the mean time, establishing reliable communication with the only other place that currently has any people. The issue is that that place is basically an island prison designed to be sealed off from the outside world, and for better or worse, the barrier around it works really well."