Ella walked back to the east side of the base, where her new home was located. She felt very lucky to have bought the house when they did because word on the street was that the prices quickly increased.
"Hi, Dad! Hi, Mom! I'm back!" she announced, walking inside.
"Hey, how did it go? Learn anything interesting from the announcements?" asked her mother.
Ella nodded. "Yeah, there were a number of good things, like new jobs, a new market, and a new building being built."
"Oh, new jobs? Hopefully, there is something I can do. I feel useless sitting here all day doing nothing," her mom said.
Reginald walked into the living room from his bedroom to join the conversation. "Leave the work to me, honey. I'll find you a fun activity to do so that you won't be bored," he chimed in dotingly.
He then turned to Ella. "Tell me a bit more about these jobs, specifically the off-base scavenging ones."
