Murdock showed up at the first camp, at the base of the ridge, two days after he had left Bass and the other ex-guards. As he walked around, Elizabeth Reyes rushed to join him.
“We’ve been waiting for you,” she said excitedly, after the briefest of introductions. “Most of us are anxious to get things started, but don’t know what to do first. I did send out scouts to see if they can locate a suitable permanent camp, but they haven’t returned, yet.”
“When do you expect them?” Murdock asked while strolling around the camp.
“They should be back any time now,” Reyes told him.
“In the meantime,” Murdock responded, “you need to show me what you have for tools then call a meeting of all your artisans.”
Reyes nodded and led him to the tool storage area. Murdock started looking through the tool
