“Yes! I’m done! I finally know everything about mechanics!”

“That’s nice. I was done ages ago.”

“…”

“I’m just doing it for the fun right now.”

The two, who quickly became friends like to tease each other.

Claire often has visitors over who wish to dicuss various topics. Dean fears he might not be qualified enough to get electricity up, Ava misses the buzzing sounds of the big city and Sethunya? Sethunya is housing with Nora and Abel and none of them can cook. She often flees the house around dinnertime and invites herself over at Claire’s. Claire doesn’t mind the company, though. If only Sethunya’s tablemanners were a bit better.

Life at the settlement is rather peaceful. The spring is unusually warm and the days already get longer.

Right now, there is not much to do for Claire apart from reporting back to the sponsors and supervising the mechanics’ attempts to get electricity and water up and running.