[The way the man states his questions, as not quite questions, gives Luke a moment's pause. He can't help but raise an eyebrow at just how...odd all of this actually sounds]

I do eat some of it, yes. Primarily, it's meant to be a failsafe though. I'm going to guess you are relatively new to Luceti, so you might not have heard. The food we have here in the village is provided by the Malnosso. There have been incidences where they haven't been able to feed the population here and food became scarce for a while. They are, after all, fighting a war. The farm is intended to give us a bit of a buffer so we don't have to have them feed us.

[Shaking his head, he goes on.]

Better to be as self-sufficient as possible, without the need to rely on people who could potentially turn on us.