[Rin starts to say something, but she closes her mouth a second later. She's not going to bring up the statutes, or the pin she hides on a thin leather strap around her neck and beneath her shirt. This person might not believe her anyway...

Instead she shifts on her feet a bit, before answering.]

Just... surviving. That's it. We're lookin' for things called Cores, they give power to this place. Enough of 'em, we might not even need to hunt around for supplies anymore.

[She lets out a sigh, kicking a foot at the wood of the gazebo gently.]

What else can we do? If we give up now then everythin' we've done will be for nothin'.