#the foreshadowing is that what happened to pompeyo's family is what's going to happen to a lot of families in (checks notes) about

[ghoul-haunted]

oh OH I forgot I already fixed this crunchy plot point about crasso and pompeyo running on a mayoral ticket together by having them share the same home province, it's just that pompeyo's family had Debt When He Was Very Young and Left For The City (what's this? foreshadowing? in THIS economy? it's more likely than you think)

#hi cassio! it's time to get YOU a job #(cassio's father works for pompeyo and pompeyo gets cassio a job w/ crasso) #the foreshadowing is that what happened to pompeyo's family is what's going to happen to a lot of families in (checks notes) about #20 ish years after. the famine prompted a lot of people to go to the cities in a desperate attempt to find work #which left the workers on the land and farms to. basically. starve #somewhat ahistorically: crasso stays. pompeyo does too but it's because he stops by crasso's house before going back to the city #and then he decides to stay #anyway crasso Has To Stay. king of the land. you have a debt of obligation to fulfill #also your property is on a haunted road so like. abandon your people at your own peril