“A mixture would be reasonable. Maybe they will try to encourage volunteers the same way they did after the poppy flowers spread all over,” he considers aloud. That would allow for the able-bodied individuals to address what they can and lessen the intensity of work asked for a wider call of volunteers.

Benjiro continues onward with Walter, falling back into step immediately beside and behind him as space allows or slowing to pass an obstacle behind him as necessary. At the mention of cameras, the teenager cringes visibly to a small degree. He had avoided most news coverage secondary to his later arrival after the tsunami had hit, but he had found it necessary to change his intended route once to stay out of sight of a lens. “A small favor at least.” Then he asks, “How are you adjusting? Any latency issues?”