"Exactly. We'll probably want to figure up a ration for firewood, too, but food is the priority," I say with a nod. "People can always head to the inn if they run out of firewood, but if we run out of food, we're screwed."

I take a look around the room with its neatly organized stacks and piles, and then swing a glance back to Gaius. "Do you think you're going to need any help with this? Keeping track of the rations, handing them out... fixing the place up?" I motion to the wall he'd been patching. "If we need some volunteers, now is probably the time to find them."