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When the answer came, Hook found that he was less horrified than he might have been had the number been in the double digits,though to lose half their supplies would put them in dire straits if they could not replace them quickly. He nodded sagely in response to Cori’s words, considering the situation and grinding his teeth together. “How quickly can you replace the majority? And how many supplies are beyond salvage?” he probed, beginning to work in his mind for the next few steps to take. Any food supplies that could be retrieved from Neverland would need to be replaced immediately so rations did not dwindle, however the rest would have to wait until he could take them to other waters. The water they’d have to send a team into the island to retrieve purer water, or set up the rain collectors on deck in the hopes of a storm.
“Well, being as it takes just about 12 hours to make a good barrel, it’d be about a week if I was starting from scratch, but a few of ‘em have salvageable parts, so probably half that, sir.” she replied thinking back to just how many of the barrels weren’t entirely demolished in the battle, she could use those to speed along the process. The supplies, on the other hand, were a different story. “I’d say probably four barrelsful are beyond salvage, Captain. One was water, ‘n the other three were storing food, on the bright side though, no rum was damaged.” She knew rum was one of the few things she could bring Hook that would cheer him up after a particularly rough day, so she hoped the knowledge that none was damaged would soften the blow of the loss of so many rations.
