Slice of Caira

Alexander watched the currently ongoing blistering snowstorm safe from his room in the mansion with a pleased heart.

Because as stated in this report from Remus that was in his hands, the men were able to get most of their water needs from the snow deposited by this storm, about two thirds of it, while the remaining was able to be filled by the water from the newly dug wells.

This meant that Alexander was able to keep his stock of stored water in its entirety intact, while at the same time, the men had unrestricted access to their drinking water, thus raising morale in camp very high. 

It was a win- win.

And with this, it seemed Alexander had managed to at least mitigate some of the effects of Lord Parker's strategy, even if he could not outright overcome it.

While his men were busy earning their living as such, Alexander could not unfortunately kick back and enjoy the show from his room.