[Silco was already setting aside the potatoes that he had decided upon, using a knife to begin to peel them. He, of course, kept the skins because he was not one to waste food given how he had grown up. While he didn't mention it, he noted the wobble in Jinx's step but for the moment, he decided it wasn't worth being questioned. There were plenty of explanations.]

Yes, the Council has prompted some to consider fleeing rather than fighting. They mistake the idea that things will be better anywhere else.

[He nodded his head for her idea of how to work off the debt that the Council set. It was her choice how she decided to do so, and he was already using her contribution as a gauge of how stringent this place would be when it came to assisting in the development of this place.]

We shall see how successful it will be in the future then. You found enough metal for you to create such a machine?