After discovering an exchange system, a person plans to dig potherbs to trade so the girls won't go hungry. While foraging on a mountain he's confronted by Andy, who claims the area as his territory. Others accuse Andy of taking half the hunting yield as a protection fee and warn he’s pushed people too far. Andy dismisses them and threatens to make the digger pay. The confrontation escalates into an open threat against the forager and the supply plan, leaving the potherb runs and the girls' food at immediate risk.