Joseph takes one of the MREs and starts reading the instructions on the back, absolutely fascinated by it. They're much lighter than canned food, and have a lot more variety... even if they don't taste amazing, the effort required is worth that price.

"Freeze-drying? That's... incredible. If you can get rid of all the water content, then you don't have to carry around that extra weight..."

He holds one of the packets of freeze-dried food up for Rush to sniff. Which is a mistake, because Rush immediately bites it and rips the bag open so he can investigate the food (by eating it).