Swamped

As you're contemplating who to check in with next, you spot Boris heading to the mess tent.

Well. He's on your list, and you've got to get Gail some food, so you may as well head back there. Maybe you can even grab an early lunch yourself... no, you ate breakfast not that long ago, you'll be fine.

You head in and catch Boris grabbing a plate of celery. He waves as he spots you.

"Yvonne! I'm so relieved to see you're all right!"

You head over to the middle table with him. Boris is a good-natured fellow; he won't think anything of bringing food over to the survey tent. But you've got more direct business with him first.

"Boris, how are your seismic instruments doing?"

He looks a little disappointed.

"I dug an extra level down to see if the disturbances would still affect them. It wasn't enough. Now I'm trying to measure the disruption to see if it's any better, at least, but there are so many variables I don't know. I would have to see if the same variance happened with the instruments aboveground, but then I would be disrupting other people's work..."

"Good news for you, then. Gail's been manually checking the age on artifacts so that they don't have to take extra time fixing everything over there. Maybe you can get a look at the things she's not using yet. And while you're at it, she wants some food for herself and her boys."

Boris beams.

"I will be happy to help."

"Of course, I don't want us going too long without advance warning about tunnelers..."

"Naturally, I will finish the measurements as soon as I can and then work on fixing the instruments. Thank you for letting me know."

He gives you a hug before you hand him the meal-sticks, leaving you to work out who you should see next. You've really only got two options before Dominique, so you think about who's left.