<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e3/Eternal.jpg)<br/><div align="center"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rapture</div><div class="spoiler_body">Personal Essence: 19/19<br/>Peripheral Essence: 35/35<br/><br/>Willpower: 10/10<br/><br/>-0: [ ]<br/>-1: [ ] [ ]<br/>-2: [ ] [ ]<br/>-4: [ ]<br/>I: [ ]<br/></div></div></div></div><br/>"Let's plan for that on the assumption it hasn't been reclaimed."  Rapture gave Rowan a nod.  "How far to the nearest settlement, and which one would it be?  Is it good farmland for growing things?  How good is the water situation?  I..."  Then she smiled.  "I realize you likely don't know, but these are things we can find out.  It's also worth checking whether other such farms were so left aside and neglected with people taken; we can always work the land while the owners are absent and return it to them when they return, on the likelihood that they never will.  Just having extra food makes a huge shift in the balance of power for making sure the destitute have enough to eat, and farming doesn't require a great deal of training."<br/><br/>Looking around, she wove her fingers together.  "The more we plan and discuss, I believe that we'll find all the more that all our goals intersect in interesting but unexpected ways, just like that."  Then back to Rowan, she added, "Also, even if the land has been reclaimed, if it's special to you, we could no doubt persuade the current owners to work with us."  Her use of the word<em>persuade</em>showed only kindness.  While many would suggest intimidation or deception, Rapture wanted true synergy, and was only interested in destruction when other options were either exhausted or became outright unjust.