← PRAIRIE: LOAD BEARING
The Land Stays
The Plains don't ask permission. They predate the ranches, the roads, the fences, the people who built them. This chapter looks at the ground itself — not as backdrop, but as the first load-bearing element. Before the infrastructure, before the people, before the obligation. Everything else rests on this.
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The Plains don't ask permission. They predate the ranches, the roads, the fences, the people who built them. Everything placed here is eventually absorbed.
What does it cost to keep this going. The land doesn't answer. It was here before the question and will be here after.