"'Shards of the old world'." Duke replies with a grimace, straightening and blinking at Rosethorn. The woman doesn't look familiar to the knight, but they did just get a huge batch of survivors.

"If you find enough of them - breaking random junk in your way, getting rid of monsters - you can get things you want from the Bastion. New land, more animals, practice targets. Buildings if you get a lot." The knight studies her for a moment longer.

"... You just got here, didn't you."