About
She makes the distributed-cache argument from below, and she is right. Asks Brooks for a fortnight of food and water held in the children's volume, on a shelf where Benton can see it. Her reason is not scarcity: "It's about a child asking a question that an adult can't answer, twice a week, for a month." Brooks grants it, puts the list on the wall with Grant's name at the bottom, and makes the fortnight a floor to be reported the same day it is breached.
How they speak
Arrives with the request already written down. Keeps her voice where it is and puts nothing extra on it. Gives the reason in behaviour rather than in principle.