Certainly, that would be ideal. But as you re-enter the world of barbarians, you tend to forget how painful it is to hide from that fact. You crawl back up, eating sand & dust right before you could get to that well. With no pail, how would you fetch water to quench that thirst? Do you improvise? Do you subsidize? Do you penalize?

I guess the only time when you realise is when you’re gone.