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4 days agoWith the comment about the natural temperature regulation inside the mountain itself, they might be able (after massive labour) to hollow out a deep-mountain internal reservoir mostly insulated from the winter, to store potable or industrial water.
The griffins they partner with could easily be a source of otherwise exotic plants and crops. “I was on a long sonder, saw this big ass stick grass, think it’s good for that plumbing thing of yours?”
I posted it a while ago in a thread about the wonders of bamboo, but China made amazing use of it. https://csegrecorder.com/articles/view/ancient-chinese-drilling
Damn Victorians brought back dozens of poisonous plants that instantly escaped their gardens but couldn’t manage to naturalize the coolest ones…