Straitened Times Version 0.56 -

The ration dispenser clicks. It produces exactly 1.2 kilos of gray paste. Last week, that fed five people. Today, you have seven. Two are children who arrived in the night, dragging a dead battery between them.

If you starve the Stranger… the children watch. Straitened Times Version 0.56

You pick up the rusted scalpel. The cough from Kaelen’s tent has stopped. The ration dispenser clicks

The log updates. A small flavor text appears, new to 0.56: “The Community looks at you. Not with gratitude. With calculation. They have seen you choose who lives. Now they know you are willing to cut.” that fed five people. Today