Forerunner took in the map with just one glance. “I can easily guarantee the homes of all citizens will remain where they are. It would be desirable for the moment when we are eventually investigated that the surface remains a convincing approximation of an Equestrian village. These stakes, however…” He tapped the page with his hoof. “There are names claiming mineral rights on the entire mountain. If I respected those claims, we would have no iron to make steel, no tungsten, no boron, no copper… I could not accomplish my purpose.”