Consumption - Part 4 The Poisoned Legacy What was once a place of beauty became a wasteland, tainted by their greed. The Texas Gulf Coast, once home to the Karankawa, was now polluted by oil, toxic waste, and industrial runoff. The wildlife that once thrived along the shores began to die, the rivers and seas poisoned, the air thick with pollution. The settlers had consumed the land itself, leaving behind nothing but death and decay. What is cannibalism? Is it the literal act of consuming another's flesh, or is it the way greed devours everything in its path—land, culture, life? The settlers consumed the Texas Gulf Coast, stripping away its beauty and erasing the people who had cared for it. They left behind oil spills, toxic waste, and the ruins of exploitation. Today, the land that was once sacred to the Karankawa is filled with trash, toxic waste seeping into the soil, and drug needles scattered along the shores where their ancestors once fished.