[He stills, growing very quiet. He stares at nothing in particular, off in space, as he thinks of home and what it's become.
Towns are mostly self-governed at this point, cut off from the rest of the world because of the Imbalance and the demolition of the center of government by the neighboring country.
But he won't say this. He doesn't talk about it. He doesn't want to talk about it. So after a long moment where he's very quiet and still, he finally says,]
Things have changed a lot recently, and the caravan is mostly autonomous.
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Towns are mostly self-governed at this point, cut off from the rest of the world because of the Imbalance and the demolition of the center of government by the neighboring country.
But he won't say this. He doesn't talk about it. He doesn't want to talk about it. So after a long moment where he's very quiet and still, he finally says,]
Things have changed a lot recently, and the caravan is mostly autonomous.
[As is everything else.]