"Ah," Susanna said simply at that. And wasn't that just a bit ridiculous? "So they've punished him by giving him a task that they said in the welcome message we'd have to work out for ourselves to get done? Oh yes, they're certainly keeping to that whole we have to learn how to work as a community bit," she said with a hint of sarcasm she though Carmel might appreciate. "Certainly not. And I'm not sure it matters to them what we think of them." After all, they were the ones in control, and those in control rarely bothered themselves with what the peasants thought.