Harriet listened, giving Meesei her considered gaze. Most of the time, her eyelids were low and cynical, but other points made her raise an eyebrow.

"If you can get past the politics required to convince the leadership to do that, all the more power too ya. Especially taking more of the ruin. Darahil'll hate that." Harriet said with unhidden scepticism, "About your last point, though...you're going to have people from the clan come back from the dead to reclaim their land?" She shook her head, "Nah, I wouldn't do that if I were you. It's too much heat." Taking a turn, Harriet started engaging with some more enthusiasm, "If you really want to expand above-ground, you'd have a better chance pooling resources and buying up new land for people to work. And you'd have to be real careful about picking who to go out. Not many people are confident around towns in this clan. At least, for an extended period. They would also have to be near hunting grounds where they aren't likely to run into poacher boys or Imperial foresters. No one cares about us up here under this rock."