Stone easily came up with a straightforward solution, "On Monday and Thursday, Lin Wu and Little Knife, Tuesday and Friday, Snow Egg and Horse Soul, Wednesday and Saturday, Maya and Shana, with Sundays off." These three pairs had a trait in common—they not only refrained from quibbling over work but were also likely to cover for each other's tasks. Needless to say, about Lin Wu and Little Knife. Snow Egg and Horse Soul were close as iron brothers. Martha and Shana disliked being in each other's debt.
The first phase of the meeting ended, and they entered the second phase. The second phase included work and team assignments.
The Former Shadow Base had finished scavenging Apartment 1, yielding mostly dismantled electronics and such, without any guns, ammunition, or Skill Books. Another discovery was a large number of textual materials: books, magazines, newspapers, diaries, and so on.