Colin was having much the same issue as Mel. The small bit of plumbing he'd done for King was a welcome respite from the hours and hours of nothing. The inactivity was driving him crazy.
He was wandering around the town looking for something to do when he almost stumbled on a woman working on the clock on the building that said it was the city hall.
Was she one of the guards? Or somebody else that worked here? He approached her hesitantly, sizing up his chances of being able to take her if she tried anything funny.
"Um, hi," he began, not getting too close. "You work here?"