Someone else discovered medicine.
Everything vanished into waiting wagons.
Kai stood motionless.
Unable to move.
Munnu approached.
"What are you doing?"
Kai looked around.
"...They're suffering."
"They are."
"And we're stealing from them."
"We are."
Kai looked directly at Munnu.
"Why?"
Munnu answered without hesitation.
"Because someone else will."
Kai blinked.
"What?"
Munnu pointed toward the horizon.
"You think we're the only scavengers?"
Kai followed his finger.
Far away—
Other groups.
Smaller.
Moving toward the smoke.
Looters.
Bandits.
Mercenaries.
People drawn by disaster.
Munnu shrugged.
"If not us."
"Them."
Kai remained silent.
The logic didn't make him feel any better.
A little girl suddenly ran toward one of the wagons.
"My food!"
She reached for a sack of grain.
An outlaw gently pushed her back.
Not violently.
Just enough.
The girl fell onto the sand.
Crying.
Kai immediately rushed over.
He helped her up.
"...Are you okay?"
She nodded while wiping her eyes.
"My mama..."
She pointed toward a collapsed building.
Kai looked.
Several people were desperately trying to move the debris.
Without thinking—