The First Forage

Marcella was speechless.

She retorted, "You call that a small increase? We still have to hurry and complete the mission!"

The system refused to give up. "Ms. Vance, if you spend a little more quality time with your mates, my scan radius will keep expanding. Wouldn't that be much faster than all of you searching on foot?"

Marcella fell silent. D*mn! It actually makes sense.

After a brief pause, she