<div class="floatleft">(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S8nWEwDHoLo/VuctPJcFklI/AAAAAAAAZzE/LH_CQD1cWsM-36_em_H4CNSfKPtAAs7xg/s1600/tumblr_napkpgrAjV1qb647qo4_1280.jpg)<br/></div><br/>"It used to be that folks could just wing it," Jim replied.   "Now, everyone's gotta think two steps ahead to survive.  If it ain't the crawlers, it's folks lookin' to kill you.  If it ain't folks lookin' to kill you, it's starvin' to death.  I've gotten used to thinkin' ahead."<br/><br/>Jim guided the boat away from the bank with his long pole, and then corrected the boat's yaw.<br/><br/>"It's just as well that you didn't find a map," Jim added.   "... I reckon maps have a tendency of getting folks that have lost their way killed.  The river'll provide everythin' we need.  We'll just have to cannibalize other boats and loot homes along the way.  We might get lucky an' find a gas pump at a dock.  We'll be cookin' wit' fire if we can get this riverboat churnin' gas fumes, that's for sure."<br/><br/>Although Jim had a tendency to be taciturn, once you got him going, he went on and on.<br/><br/>"Have you taken a gander at the engine yet?  Think you can fix it?"