Things-Things nodded.
"For so much steel we can't just smelt only the useless things. We can smelt a few of the heavier mecha-machines. Like the ones for digging. Or we can smelt the soldiers' weapons for steel. Or the good tools of our workers. Not all of them, but… a lot of them!"
I winced and rubbed the bridge of my nose.
Any of these options will be such a severe cut to the Central Region! By the time we get resources from other places to recover them, this place will have time to spiral even further down in this logistical mess.
This will mean that we need even more resources and perhaps even put other regions into a similar downward spiral. Especially if another disaster strikes, which it could.
There was a hostile hand behind the ash cloud over our heads, after all. It would've never reached us without guidance.
But there had to be a way…
"What about humans? They have tons of steel! One of their ploughs will probably be enough for all your needs."
