Yep. I'd learned to hunt, though, and have a camp near a lake. So food and water weren't a problem for those of us who'd thought about it.

And it'll happen again. People here? Like to defy them -- the Malnosso. Sooner or later? They're going to want to regain control, maintain order, and they're going to do it by limiting the food. They bring it in; they can make it stop.