“Vergen!”
He waved at the bearded man walking towards them, “Dave! How have things been getting on without us here?”
“For most people, just fine. One of the generators failed shortly after you left, and I’ve been dealing with that. We finally got it running a couple hours ago.”
“Ouch. Were you running long hours, or did you get to pass off requests and rest while you waited?”
“All too much work, but there were enough moments waiting for things to snatch food and catnaps that I’m doing fine. What about you?”
“I suppose it could have been worse,” said Vergen as he unbuckled the packs from the snowmobile, “but after the first day it seemed like nothing but problems to deal with.”
“What happened?”