*As A Hunter He Doesn't Really 'Hold With' Agriculture, But, He Respects Your Honesty.*

"Agriculture makes men weak, Excellency, to be strong they must hunt to get meat for their families body and fat for their minds, but other than that you speak sense," Cipactli says.

"There will always be a place for hunters Cipactli, but there is a place for agriculture too," you counter, "grain, vegetables, and herbs are needed to provide: nutrition, of some kind..." You explain, struggling to remember information you no longer have access to but recover quickly. "You have heard of Scurvy, right? That is caused by eating no fruits. Agriculture is the best source of fruits, so we need both hunters and farmers to stay healthy," you explain.

"Hum, perhaps, but women and children can gather fruit and vegetables while the men hunt," Cipactli counters.

"It won't be enough Cipactli, for the city to grow and prosper we must have more than they can provide by that method," you state. "For the moment gathering is adequate, but it's not going to remain so forever. The city and empire must grow, or we will be overrun by barbarians or a rival empire, and for that, we need agriculture. Yes, perhaps it makes men weaker, but it also makes our food supply more reliable and requires fewer people to do so, freeing the others to do things like research and construction. For your lifetime, I am sure the present ways will continue to hold sway, but agriculture is the path of the future, and it will help us become a great civilization," You explain.

"Then I am glad I will not live to see this future where agriculture is dominant. Hunting is my way, as it was my fathers before me and his before him, and as it has become my sons after me. I ask only this: remember your promise, when I am gone, that hunting shall always have a place among our people," Cipactli says solemnly.