Has anyone perhaps requested such supplies from Rastus? He seemed rather gracious when I requested sleeping bags, perhaps we can see about upgraded winter wear as well. Of course, that would mean waiting for the next ferry to arrive.

[Which could mean the weather getting worse in the meantime.]

Unfortunately, I never got assigned to the joint training exercises at Briggs. [He's not going to know what that means, so Maes shakes his head and adds.] I mean, I unfortunately don't really have that expertise. We had cold weather in Central, but I mostly got to enjoy it from the comfort of home or out of the cold in the office.

[Desert survival on the otherhand...that he could get you though, but he had a feeling that just because they were opposite environments did not mean you could necessarily apply the opposite in terms of survival.]