The Ace of Spring: Are there distinct family units in the community? If so, what family structures are common? ~~~ The mortals of Mainspring, barely fifty in number, had a very strange experience simultaneously: They did not exist one moment, and now, they do. The dwarf Quartz knows that Nickel is his wife and Marble is their son, and the carven all know that they do not bind together in that way, but none of them know where the knowledge came from. Over the course of their first few days the community discovers things about each other, like the differences between the plants that the dwarves hungered for versus the ones the elves preferred, or that the dryads are all one grove who are expecting another sapling soon. It's clear to the community that their priority should be to get solid roofs over their heads, but the lack of lumber and tools make building their own seem practically impossible. In search of an alternative solution, a few dwarves head into the western cave to invest...