Now that you mentioned I did have a quick conversation about this with someone else. The guy said that we are more or less only "batteries" to this place, and I have to say it did make me apprehensive about what would happen if we just... stopped giving the locals here the energy they want.

[He tried not to think too hard about that, but now that the subject resurfaced...]

What if this place has no way to be restored like they said and they need our energy perpetually? I don't know which thought is scarier.