--Got it. I don't mean you aren't making the most of what you've got, I mean...

[ What? Thinking out loud around a total stranger is not his favorite of activities, but everyone is a stranger here. At least this one seems blunt enough to tell him if and how this idea is shit. ]

I don't know everything about this fortress's defenses yet, or your resources. There are plenty reasons not to keep a second outpost, even a secret one. But if you've been hit harder and closer to home than before, you've got a good reason to build one now -- or look like you are.

[ Do they need a hidden base, or a honey trap? ]