~ start
Emma: *Emma looks up from sorting dried herbs, her weathered face thoughtful.*
	You've got questions. Ask.

- What people here know about the Salt Flats explosion? => exodus_question  
- Tell me more about Aniid Kin and the other towns => settlements_question
- That's all for now
	Emma: May your footsteps be light! [#end]
=> END

~ repeat_questions
Emma: What else?
- What people here know about the Salt Flats explosion? => exodus_question
- Tell me more about Aniid Kin and the other towns => settlements_question
- That's all for now
	Emma: May your footsteps be light! [#end]
=> END

~ exodus_question
Emma: *Her expression darkens.*
	We know enough. We've talked to many of yours.
	There was and old military storage site south of the Great Salt Lake - one of the largest in the pre-war United States. Tooele Army Depot. They stored chemical weapons there. Thousands of tons.
	Most of it was contained after the war. Automated systems kept it locked down for decades. Then scavengers broke into the wrong storage unit last year.
Emma: Chemical agents spread. The entire Salt Lake region became uninhabitable almost overnight.
	*She looks toward the northeast, where the refugees came from.*
	Hundreds fled east, looking for rumors of habitable land in Colorado. Most headed this direction. We've been seeing them for weeks now - more every day.
Emma: *She meets your eyes.*
	You're one of the lucky ones. Made it this far. But resources are stretched thin everywhere. Aniid Kin won't turn away refugees, but every new mouth to feed makes things harder.
	That's why everyone who stays needs to contribute. Can't carry anyone out here.
- I have more questions => repeat_questions
- That's all for now
	Emma: May your footsteps be light! [#end]
=> END

~ settlements_question
Emma: *She gestures vaguely toward the settlement visible in the distance.*
	Aniid Kin - Techno-shaman territory. We seek balance between old knowledge and new ways. Try to live in harmony with the land, respect what came before.
	*A faint smile crosses her face.*
	The people here value community over competition. Share resources, share knowledge. It's not perfect - no place is - but there's genuine effort to preserve what matters beyond just survival.
	*Her expression becomes more guarded.*
	But traditions can become chains too. Sometimes the old ways conflict with new necessities. That tension... it defines this place.
Emma: *Her tone shifts, more businesslike, as she counts off the other settlements.*
	Other large cities in the region: Twin Rocks and Prosperity. The Frontier is a bit smaller. 
	Twin Rocks controls the water. Built themselves around the purification systems. The Church of the New Beginning runs things there - they'll tell you water is sacred and they exist to control it.
Emma: Prosperity has the factories. Industry, manufacturing, profit above all else. They'll strip-mine the last beauty from this world if it turns a cap.
	The Frontier is the edge - last settlement before deep wasteland. Good place for scavengers, desperate people, those running from something.

- I have more questions => repeat_questions
- That's all for now
	Emma: May your footsteps be light! [#end]
=> END