Chapter 1208: Basic Human Decency - Give & Take

From the last time I've been away for a few weeks, I've had guards letting random-ass people case our place out, and from the few days I've been to Subic with my group, Dr. Nichols and Mimi uncovered stupid shit people have been doing for quite a while. Correlating this bullshit behavior every time I went away wasn't exactly the cause, but I felt like I was a fucking scarecrow preventing these dumbass birds from taking advantage of our crops.

And just for a bit of context, every able-bodied person in this place was expected to work—depending on their skillset, if not, anything that wouldn't need specialization—to earn their keep, and for some reason, if they weren't able to do their duties, be it an injury, sickness, or something along those lines, they'd be given the time off without docking their pay—which was their allocation of food, water, basic necessities, etc.