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Lyle…Jillian, do you need any gear?"

"What do you mean?" Jillian asks. She looks up from the magazine in her lap.

"Tomorrow, you two are headed out. What gear will you need? Have you inventoried your food and other items?"

Lyle leans forward on the couch. "We have some sandwiches wrapped up and some other things."

"No offense, but if you don't know what you have, how will you survive?"

The two wayward strangers say nothing, and Jillian stares at you dumbfounded.

"Look, put your backpack and stuff over with mine, and I'll go through it. I'll give you the things you'll need once you leave here."

You turn away and check a bookshelf to appear disinterested. The con works, because moments later Jillian takes her handbag and Lyle's backpack and adds it to your pile.