Self-sufficient
The pilot explained that many of the original adults had passed away over the long years, but their children had grown strong, built families, and carried on. What now stood before the Navy crew was a small yet remarkably self-sufficient community. His voice carried a quiet pride as he described their survival, though it was laced with sadness too—a sorrow born from realizing the outside world had moved on and forgotten them entirely.
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