Payback and Profit

"Right, exactly," Vincent said. "That's what we need to think through. Personally, I lean toward staying steady and building ourselves up first. This acid rain lasts half a year. Six months of drain is enormous. We have to focus on farming and livestock to feed this many mouths.

"I've already cut it to the bone. The people who can't work get two meals a day, flatbread mixed with sand, grass roots,