"One is better than none," Raleigh says, giving her a grin and a little cheer. He's found the one way he can help feed people here and he doesn't want to lose it because he hadn't predicted that the river would rise. Then again, who could? It's just not natural, the way this river just rose without any rainfall, and he needs to figure out why it's doing it so he can predict it in the future.

He finds another trap and wrestles it free from the water, putting it high up on the bank so he can know it won't get caught by the tide again. Between the two of them, maybe they can rescue most of them and keep his hard work from going to waste.

"Have you ever seen anything like this place? It doesn't make any damn sense."