"Maybe you don't have a pull there right now," Furiosa says. "But Autumn was there once, and if we can heal some of the poisoned soil, plant it and have the roots cleanse the water, maybe it can be part of our world again."

Might as well be prepared to make a home for the season. It's a kind of hope, and hope is only sometimes a mistake.

"I'm not sure if we can fix what our ancestors broke, but we're trying."