Amere nodded and then smirked.<span style="color: magenta">"well your appetite is better then its been in a long time, its been a while since you ate more then once every other day. true, Ibara has gone out of her way to make this a city that welcomes everyone and nothing makes me feel more at home then a good Gnomish meal."</span><br/><br/>the boy made a soft happy sound and Whisperia beamed up at them.<span style="color: indigo">"thats true... isnt it Troll tradition to name one of the sons after the father?"</span><br/><br/>Britomart frowned and straightened up, her voice gaining an edge.<span style="color: red">"if your too tired to work then go sleep, it preserves energy and being warm will preserve water. i know more about survival then anyone here and im the ranking officer, you can take that as advice or an order, whichever you like better." </span>she looked down at the Gnome and shook her head.<span style="color: red">"they dont have to work, everyone has been doing good the last two days but we need to either be resting or doing something productive, not standing around wasting time... even if they are just talking then can get inside where its warmer. their combined body heat will also save firewood."</span>she shook her head and sighed softly.<span style="color: red"> "i can make everything on these blueprints and also mine the supplies. i know an upgrade wont work, thats why im designing another one that i can produce entirely on my own with what ive been able to find around here so far, ill make a dozen if i have to. having an attitude like that is the fastest way to get yourself killed... ive been places where the water, the plants and the animals were all infected with the plague and still kept my men alive and i had alot less of them. ive beaten the Vrykul back, im opening relationships with the natives who know a hell of alot more about living here then we do and we are recovering. the biggest problem we have right now is morale, thats the one thing im not good at helping. the survivors of Lordareon never needed it, we had pure hatred and vengence to run on. if you have a suggestion of how to raise spirits around here im all ears." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>