Hajin climbed onto the empty freight platform while Ferra's apprentices chalked numbers along every waiting wagon bed.
"Last lot, everybody," he hollered, cracking his knuckles over the glowing catalogue, "the final slice of the founder's money, so nobody blink!"
"Nobody was blinking until you started yelling," Ferra grumbled from beneath the nearest axle.
'Four lots down, one to go, and I still haven't bought a single thing that sparkles.'
"System, sweetheart, give me pulleys and shelters, the boring kind that keep people breathing."
[ Earth lot | 400 pulley sets | 500 credits each | 200,000 credits ]
[ Earth lot | 100 weatherproof shelters | 2,000 credits each | 200,000 credits ]
[ Purchase confirmed | 400,000 credits deducted from spendable funds ]
[ Wallet total | 5,648,985 → 5,248,985 credits ]
[ Relief reserve | 5,000,000 unchanged | Spendable | 248,985 credits ]
