Yeah, this is more like salvage, isn't it? Or...repurposing. I bet there's no working lumber mills anywhere near here anymore.

[she pauses at that thought briefly, hands tightening on the wood]

...that's handy, Alex. I bet--I don't know for sure, but my guess is the skillsets of the folks who were originally from here has been getting pretty limited, or will. They're doing fairly well for themselves, but I bet you anything not a ton of them are tradescraft experts.

[that seems to be leading up to something, but she's also clearly struggling to articulate what that something is]