[ The community stew will have to live on, if not to honour what they've lost but provide a thin veneer of how everything is Fine…

But Elysium's just going to empty out the last bit of feed before he steps around the chickens that have collected around his feet. They're safe again for another day, even if the eggs in the coop might not be. So long as they're fed and housed, do they really care about what happens to them?? Perhaps, this is all just an allegory for something greater, like the village. Or them. Wow. ]

Not really. Just found myself with some time now that I'm done here. The person in charge said I should consider settling down here [ with one of her daughters… ] and that she'd be happy to help me out, but I told her I wasn't so sure. Still, she said she had something for me after this regardless.

[ a beat. ] Want a hand?