Well, we probably all had other means of getting by at home, whether it's through savings we'd collected, an occupation we're more accustomed to, or just the providence of our situation.

[ they had enough alchemiters back on the meteor to provide them everything they needed, after all. aside from apple juice and blood. ]

When we arrive here, it's with nothing, but from that nothing we have to make our existence. Many of us find ourselves starting from scratch, while others never had that start before at all.

That's simply the way of things, I think. Your hands are empty, but necessity will force you to make use of what they hold either way.