Yes, but you return to normal in time, don't you? [He's close to asking what would happen if Chris and his friend ended up together in a breach or flood, but refrains.]

You don't have to take it then. Or you can leave it here and write in it, if you'd rather. No one will read it without your express permission.

I want to put together survival supplies for people going out into the next port. Tents, emergency food, water, blankets, ropes, that kind of thing.