Macha hummed in agreement.
"Yes, I indeed do want to see, what stayed the same... and what changed.", she said, "The beach after a tide is not the same beach as before, nor will it ever be the same."
She let a beat pass and looked up the promenade and then down, smiled.
"And it wasn't the wheel, by the way.", she said and grinned at Rick: "It was a herbal spirit. Back in the day, it was less about patents and more about branding!"
"And it leaves twelvethousand young adults, a quarter of them not even in their sixteenth Spring, dead on the passageway between a ridge and a river. They didn't even bother counting the wounded.", Amy said, her voice heavy, "They stood with bows, arrows and pikes against machine guns and artillery."
She shrugged.
"Indeed, one could do it that way. But it's rather unproductive.", she said, "They did beat them back, though." Then Cogain nuzzled her and she giggled. "You're a good lad, aren't you?"