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"The..." Ashley takes a moment to find a word that Svet will 100% understand. "Tall one? Why there? Other spot makes sense."
"Treasure from long ago, <span class="mu-b">when I was young</span>, found in tall tower. Lot of metal and artifacts from long ago time there. Humans trade treasure with other humans." Ah. If the clock tower is at all as it is and somehow managed to survive centuries out here, that makes-
Wait. From when SHE was young?
"How old are you?" Alexis picks up on that wording.
"Tpи cтoтинe." Now THAT phrase you understand. <span class="mu-b">Three hundred.</span> "I am young for my. People."
You, Alexis, and even Wendy (who somehow understood it as well) all take a moment to process that information. Three hundred. Fucking hell, she was probably around here when it was still functioning! God knows how ancient the others might be.
You do understand her dialect a bit more so, to ease up on clunky communication, the three of you who are getting used to her dialect start to speak to her in I-Corp's dialect to communicate with her easier.
It seems like the last place she saw them herself was near the apartment complex after they hunted something down at the Shopping Center. There was five people, three men and two women, who managed to hunt down some wolves to cook up for later.
Apparently, one of the women got injured by the hunt and went to the apartment building with one of the men while the other four went back to hunt more at the Shopping Centre. From how she described it, the shopping center is MASSIVE. With Asley describing what she saw while airborne, it's probably around <span class="mu-b">300k square feet.</span> That's double the size of most of the upper high-class supermarkets you've heard about.
She <span class="mu-r">never saw the three who went back to it leave during her many hunts down here</span> but if she recalls correctly, the two at the apartment complex SHOULD still be there, waiting for the others to return.
The apartment complex, from what she described, is nothing to note. It may have some old world supplies and some tenants still living there but there's nothing of value there aside from the two villagers there
You already know about the plant growth and animal activity but she also warned about three things of note.
1.) <span class="mu-b">There's still electricity there so SOMEONE has to still be living there, maintaining it.</span> And from how she described it, it's not one of her people or a villager.
2.) Due to said electricity, <span class="mu-b">VERY primitive I-Corp automatons</span> are still guarding a vast section of the shopping centre. Most of them <span class="mu-b">seem to be guarding a 2000 square foot area at the northwest part of the shop.</span> She has no idea why, though.
3.) She has seen animals or plants randomly die during her few times exploring the shop from out of nowhere. Plants would wilt after a few minutes while animals would choke and wheeze before dropping dead. <span class="mu-b">An airborne chemical weapon?</span>
Hm. You should be able to work with this.
