"Alright," He gulped down his tea--ow, that was still hot--and turned back to the task in process.

"I'm working on that one right now," he pointed to a set of shutters that was partially reinforced. "Just cut these for it." There were a couple of planks and a growing pile of sawdust nearby.

"I wanted to just board over these things, but this place doesn't have proper lights, right? Just fire and daylight." Candles and lamps and all sorts of burning stuff. It was primitive. "So if we really tried to harden this place up, we'd be running through more resources we don't have, or stumbling around in the dark."