"Seems to be." It made him consider the possibilities as well, but he aimed for a slightly more optimistic look. "Even if something as unfortunate as that happens again, we'll be better prepared for it as a group." Surely people would be more cautious, spot the signs of something going wrong faster after this. "Of course I just hope it won't be an issue again. That'd always be preferable." Her level of direct honesty was appreciated, if a bit unexpected. Most people he'd got talking to lately seemed to be trying to wear blinders about what was happening to them. "If that's a polite way of saying paranoid, then I surely agree with you there." With some of the others, you could very well see the distrust in their gaze as they watched everyone else in the house.
"Then maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to write a letter for them to pass on. It's not quite a phone call, but suppose it's better then nothing." Thinking about some of the groups clustered around, he added. "I reckon if you wanted, there's some younger folk with camera's constantly going, could even get a video recording for them instead." Wyatt was the first person to come to mind, likely because he was the only family he had on the island. Then his mind wandered to his family off island too, brothers and sisters he had no blood relation too and hadn't visited in ages, but still loved and regretted that they may never know what had happened to him if things went wrong. "I've got some family, yeah." Easier than explaining it.
A sibling. He could only imagine the kind of hell that was putting both of them through. "If that's the case, I imagine our chances of not starving remain pretty decent then." Travis wouldn't let them starve, and he suspected the girl's sibling wouldn't either by proxy.
"Well on my end, it's certainly an appreciated one." Who knew how bad off they'd be without the fresh veggies to supplement whatever food they managed to scavenge. It was curious watching her set to work with the blade, and he couldn't help glancing over once or twice from the corner of his eye. It wasn't obnoxiously obvious, but something about her movement had him wondering if there wasn't a story. It would have been terribly rude to ask, since they were still just strangers, so he went back to his own task.
"Least of our troubles, but something to be curious about anyways." Seemed pretty obvious, considering the man had cut and run immediately, that there were no paychecks in any of their futures. "Well if that's the case, I'd say we're all out of a job. Doubt the Boss has thought twice about paying us."
"Well this is especially unfortunate timing, then. What a welcome to the Resort you got stuck with." She wasn't really any better off than the tourist if she'd only been around such a short period. Had to regret her decision to come here and accept the job, too, but he suspected that was true of everyone, no matter how long they'd been around.
Seemed redundant to express that train of thought out loud, though, so he chose to move the conversation along. "If you don't mind me asking." Some people could be mighty touchy about their invisible boundaries. "What we're you doing before you came to Kamong?" He wasn't always the most exuberantly outgoing, but he enjoyed getting to know people all the same. Besides, what else was there to do with their time?