While everyone else had spoken, Silica had been downing her food, so she was nearly done with her plate when she spoke up once more.
" I think it'd made sense to just expand the city of Vale out. Y'know, build out into the forest right next to the wall and such. You'll get more land bit by bit, and if anything happens you kind of have all your forces right in place to help. Hell, builders could just stay in the city." She said. "I get that you need outposts for trade and all that, but to risk so many lives just for profit... It ain't right. Gotta be better ways to get people supplies, too."