Barry couldn't help but notice that she had a nice smile. "If you're comfortable being this far away from the main camp, then we can definitely build here," he said. "It's totally up to you. Some people are further out than others for privacy."
Given the nature of the island, most people wanted to have some distance between them and their neighbors so they didn't overhear when people were entertaining. So far, there hadn't really been much in the way of threats, so there really wasn't any reason to stick closer to everyone else if she really wanted an ocean view.
"When we first arrived, we were stuck using whatever we could scrounge up," he told Christine. "But the gods have sent us a number of building supplies since then."