Kate smiled at the man, obviously he was in shock and denial or maybe this was just his way of coping with disaster.  They arrived back at the beach where the small fire pit was glowing. She used a curved bit of sheet metal from a previous  crash to heat some water, then added the dried fish.<br/><br/>"The diet here is monotonous and overeating is restricted by what you can catch. I have just figured out how to dry food. At first, it just rotted. Tomorrow, we will have at least one egg apiece. The coconut will mess up your stomach if you overeat on it at first, but once you get used to it it will not bother you."