"Give them one of the biggest tents and have a red cross painted on it. The doctor's name should be in red, white, and blue - Safe Haven colors."
Adrian made a mental note to have a talk with the man in the next week. With that eager attitude, he would probably be well-liked. That was one of the reasons Kenn was settling into the camp so fast. People were starting to realize that the Marine's only goal seemed to be giving whatever was needed, and only those closest to Adrian had any objections.
Not that they'd go against his wishes after the meeting tomorrow night. He intended to make it clear where the Marine belonged, and it would help that Kenn never stole his thunder, didn't seem to want it. His willingness to be only back-up had earned him respect. Then, there was his quick reaction to the birds. Giving Kenn point had been a great idea at the perfect time, and it had been a good day for the camp.
"You wanna do this later?"
Adrian shook his head, frowning at himself in the windy darkness. "I'm easily distracted tonight. Go on."
Adrian wondered if the Marine still planned to go back to Ohio. Kenn hadn't mentioned leaving since that first day, didn't have much to say about his old life at all (something most people here liked, but not Adrian), and he was very busy carving out a place for himself. Again though, there was the feeling of something being not quite right and it was stronger now than when the Marine had first arrived. Was it because Kenn thought no one had noticed?
"... and both women are on livestock duty, like you wanted. Water's down to three tankers; toilet paper, 12 cases. We changed four flats, two windshields, and exchanged 10 vehicles for others Kyle's team found. The tires came from the reserve."
Adrian had known they would be into it this week, and it made his stomach burn with worry. Their transportation was nearly as important as the food, but water was priority one. If they couldn't keep moving and finding supplies, they would die, and their reserve wasn't growing.
"What's the biggest problem?" he asked tiredly, already knowing. Even with the carpool law he insisted on, they used a lot of fuel.
"Gas. We're down to the reserves on it, too, after we fill up tomorrow."
The reserves of gas were only a tenth of what was found and would hold them for 2 days travel, at best. They should have more by now, but people were scared to leave camp. Some might not like it, that too was about to change.