[ He closes an open book on the table—not that it makes much difference in the lightly organized chaos of the room—and slides his hand into Byerly's to pull him along through the door. This avenue of conversation has reinvigorated Bastien's semiregular pangs of regret for his part in trapping Byerly at a desk, so they're going to get lunch, and they're going to eat it outside. ]
You would have your piece of land, and your people, and that is all you would have to care for. Keep them fed, keep the wolves at bay–job done. The rest of the world wouldn't have to be your problem.
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Maybe that wouldn't have been so bad.
[ He closes an open book on the table—not that it makes much difference in the lightly organized chaos of the room—and slides his hand into Byerly's to pull him along through the door. This avenue of conversation has reinvigorated Bastien's semiregular pangs of regret for his part in trapping Byerly at a desk, so they're going to get lunch, and they're going to eat it outside. ]
You would have your piece of land, and your people, and that is all you would have to care for. Keep them fed, keep the wolves at bay–job done. The rest of the world wouldn't have to be your problem.