Being self-sufficient, that's exactly what he misses. It's easy enough to explain, even without going into details. The walls and fences, the stock of weapons, the cellar full of enough food to withstand a siege. Not because they ever had any reason to expect a disaster, but because of the one they'd lived through.

"Had some folk who knew what they were doin. A couple horses, cows. Too bad we couldn't bring 'em with," he jokes. It'd come in handy now.