（ she leans against his shoulder, and he... does not drop his shoulder to accommodate her, or relax at all. small steps, clara. ）
Our situation is not tenable in the long term. However, nutritionally speaking, those of us in the first group will not be displaying severe signs of vitamin deficiency for another forty to fifty days. It takes an unpleasantly long time to die from such a thing.
（ they have been making do, but there is a limit to even the ingenuity of their medical personnel. ）
We have people hunting the local wildlife, but if we overdo it, we will need to begin ranging further and further for prey, which will result in splinter groups that may be more vulnerable to attack or inclement weather. Getting to that point would be dangerous. But feeding nearly five dozen people is no easy task in the long term.
（ he shakes his head faintly. ）
Water and shelter will not be so much an issue. We could survive for several months if we had to, but we may not like each other very much once we were back aboard the Ximilia.
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Our situation is not tenable in the long term. However, nutritionally speaking, those of us in the first group will not be displaying severe signs of vitamin deficiency for another forty to fifty days. It takes an unpleasantly long time to die from such a thing.
（ they have been making do, but there is a limit to even the ingenuity of their medical personnel. ）
We have people hunting the local wildlife, but if we overdo it, we will need to begin ranging further and further for prey, which will result in splinter groups that may be more vulnerable to attack or inclement weather. Getting to that point would be dangerous. But feeding nearly five dozen people is no easy task in the long term.
（ he shakes his head faintly. ）
Water and shelter will not be so much an issue. We could survive for several months if we had to, but we may not like each other very much once we were back aboard the Ximilia.