"We should see how long it takes us to get any results from this first," he returns readily. "If it's anything like my time, we'll be lucky if these places restock more than once a week, maybe two, so focus on the fresh produce first. Let's go for two weeks, maybe. We can always try and get more people to help with it if we need more eyes, but I trust your judgement if you see anything else unusual happening at night to follow up on it."

He pauses, his gaze flicking sideways as the gears turn in his mind, then continues, "Whatever we discover, any leads or dead ends, we ought to do another meeting after the turn of the month. Most of the things that keep happening to us seem like they happen at the start of the month, a-at least so far, and it seems to be when new arrivals show up - for their sake we ought to loop them in as soon as possible."