So it's implied that the official caused the sand problem in the first place? Or am I reading too much into this, and he's simply just mad he has no one left to extort from?
So it's implied that the official caused the sand problem in the first place? Or am I reading too much into this, and he's simply just mad he has no one left to extort from?
The slums are next to the desert. He's just profiting from the fact that nobody's done anything about the sand. Granted, given that he seems to be an authority figure there, he probably is part of why nothing has been done about the sand.