"Is everyone alright?"
"Yes! It feels good to look around the vineyards after so long!"
"I feel like I've returned to my homeland too! Though my actual homeland is across the Atlantic, of course!"
I returned to Croatoan Island after a long time. And with Hewett, Eleanor, Vicente, Manteo—the so-called founding members—all together.
We were there to manage the vineyards after the harvest and to test the newly made water pumps.
"The performance of these water pumps is quite good, isn't it?"
"All thanks to the blacksmiths in our settlement."
Yes. I'll forgive your blowing off my arm last time when trying to replicate the weed trimmer engine, for this. The pain was excruciating—a white-hot flash followed by numbness as I watched my limb separate from my body—but seeing what we've accomplished now makes that sacrifice seem almost worthwhile.
