"Right now, we barely have enough food to survive, so planting flax is definitely out of the question." Phield understood immediately, but then he changed the topic. "What about making clothes from spider silk? That stuff is even tougher and more elastic than silkworm silk."
"Silkworm silk? Spider silk?" Kaor looked completely confused. "What would we even use thread from those pathetic little bugs for? Also… what exactly is a silkworm?"
"It's the material used to make silk, obviously," Phield replied as though it were common sense.
"Huh?" Kaor's brain practically shut down.
"Right, I almost forgot. The method of making silk never spread to the Empire, and the Empire doesn't even have silkworms."
Smacking his forehead, Phield realized he had taken things for granted.
