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Whoa, that's a pretty lively market. |
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It's the black market. |
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Black market? |
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Tantal is so cold, there's precious little
in the way of local produce to sell. |
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Just look.
All the regular shops are shuttered. |
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You're right, they're mostly empty. |
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Instead, folks pay ungodly prices... |
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for produce that's been smuggled
in from other nations. |
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And since it's the only thing keeping
people from actually starving, |
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the bigwigs just turn a blind eye. |
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So most of the agricultural production is wasted
just surviving, and the country grows weak... |
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Exactly. |
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So even the wisdom of a proud ancient
civilization cannot solve all problems... |
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Ancient civilization sounds good and all... |
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but basically, this place is a giant museum with
no tourists. That's not gonna feed anyone. |