Xenia, in its most basic concept as being a ritualized friendship amongst strangers based on gift exchange, generosity, and reciprocity, could still have many fundamental benefits in a city like Trench. The concept was created as a means of providing safety in a world where strangers were as likely to be your greatest ally as they were your worst foe, and were literally the line between life and death in a tumultuous climate of unknowns.
Isn't life in Trench a lot like this?
The institution of Wakers and the generosity that the Sleepers are given by the people who have lived here for centuries is nothing short of impressive, but where is the line drawn? Part of Xenia is not making a burden of yourself upon your host.
How long do we have before the Trenchies start seeing us as a burden? Or, after seeing how they drove one Sleeper and his entire family from town, are we already there?
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Xenia, in its most basic concept as being a ritualized friendship amongst strangers based on gift exchange, generosity, and reciprocity, could still have many fundamental benefits in a city like Trench. The concept was created as a means of providing safety in a world where strangers were as likely to be your greatest ally as they were your worst foe, and were literally the line between life and death in a tumultuous climate of unknowns.
Isn't life in Trench a lot like this?
The institution of Wakers and the generosity that the Sleepers are given by the people who have lived here for centuries is nothing short of impressive, but where is the line drawn? Part of Xenia is not making a burden of yourself upon your host.
How long do we have before the Trenchies start seeing us as a burden? Or, after seeing how they drove one Sleeper and his entire family from town, are we already there?