Sutsugua is being stubborn, it is quite clear that the tribe can survive well in this place thanks to the ample supply of fish and the bountiful land that surrounds us. Likewise as Ael Civius has noted, to continue forth as a wandering tribe would see the people subjected to much hardship, and hardship which is needless at that as the knowledge of agriculture the tribe has discovered renders us able to grow more food by our own efforts than we can ever hope to sustain by wandering. Is it then better to stay here and build a place strong and secure for the people, or to wander hither and thither as we have done before, and be forever subject to the dangers of beasts and savages?
Now Sutsugua's reasons are understandable, our peoples tradition is valuable and must always be respected and the spirits of the ancestors, the di manes and the exalted heroes of the past are to always be honoured. Likewise, when changing the mos maiorum we must be ever mindful not to risk ira deorum, the divine wrath. Yet I see no reason why settlement is antithetical to carrying forward our tradition, and indeed is it not a means by which we now, and future generations besides, may build upon the deposit of knowledge and tradition and extend it to ever loftier heights of wisdom and understanding? For in wandering all face the imminent necessities of survival, whereas in settling here in this bounteous place, some may extend their minds to higher things as others till the land, fish the seas and build great works of artifice to the honour of the gods and ancestors.
All these things in more I hope shall convince the honourable Sutsugua of the wisdom of settling in this place.
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ooc: Lucius Crassus, 30yo, ergo not a youngling