[ He's probably resting somewhere on the shore trying to swim closer to this settlement at this point. ]
You didn't die! Ten billion points for you, Randvi.
[ He's a brat but he is genuinely glad she's okay. ]
Boats would have been too easy but I had to check. What do you see in that other settlement? Signs of life? Or...how do I put this.
Do you see any metal things that would be a long, thin metal rod sticking straight up off the top of a building? It might have other thin rods sticking off it at horizontal angles or at diagonals. It might look like an abstracted weathervane to you.
[ He's talking about an antenna but there's no way she'd know what that is so he's trying, here. ]
Something like that might indicate a communications center. I'm trying to get to where you are but it's slow going.
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You didn't die! Ten billion points for you, Randvi.
[ He's a brat but he is genuinely glad she's okay. ]
Boats would have been too easy but I had to check.
What do you see in that other settlement? Signs of life? Or...how do I put this.
Do you see any metal things that would be a long, thin metal rod sticking straight up off the top of a building? It might have other thin rods sticking off it at horizontal angles or at diagonals. It might look like an abstracted weathervane to you.
[ He's talking about an antenna but there's no way she'd know what that is so he's trying, here. ]
Something like that might indicate a communications center. I'm trying to get to where you are but it's slow going.