[ That would be a concern in the coming winter. He would do his best to have a solution ready by then, but it couldn't be guaranteed. Not with the way this world is in tatters, and without access to the IPC and Intelligentsia Guild's vast resources. ]

I see. I'm afraid the timeline for improvements may not be so quick, so we will have to be prepared for another such winter. I will look into alternative heat sources should progress be rougher than I hope.

[ More work for him, but that is just par for the course. He makes note of it on a notepad and banishes the window. Then he settles back against the chair with a sigh. ]

But that is a consideration for another day.