['Thank you for looking after me,' Dirk hears. And the part of his head that still knows what the AR would mock him for makes a shitty joke about upperclassmen.

The kid is taking a fairly methodical-sounding approach to it. Dirk leans back against the locker wall, pretty much already geared up for swimming (with swimming trunks and his shades, it's legit swimwear).]

The prevalence of debris around the Aurora makes it as the best place to find processed materials, as opposed to materials we would need to refine ourselves in the laps. With the weight of the largest, least-damaged pieces, we should focus our search in the area closer to the Aurora.

I can fit some into my sylladex, but we should reserve that for the most difficult pieces to transport. We can put the rest in the Seamoth.

The radiation around the Aurora has dispersed, but that will mean more sea life will have moved in. We need to be careful about what we encounter around there. The priority should be your life, then the Seamoth, then the salvage. I don't see any point gathering scrap if we're going to need to use it all to patch up the ship we sent to get it.