Deciding it was probably necessary, Kitty put the bottle of tequila on the counter between them. "Help yourself, and feel free to drink any of these cocktails I've been testing," she said as she gestured down the bar.

"I've been here since January 1st. At least, it was January 1 here. Which makes it ten months, almost to the day. People show up usually on the 1st and 15th of the month, and most of us spend the first six weeks trying to find a way out. I'm still building surveillance drones to try to figure out where our food comes from."