"Go for it. It won't run out anytime soon. All the rain means you just have to dig a little bit down and there it is."

He reached down and took a few handfuls of water so that he didn't empty his bottle again.

"I've been fine on water. It's warm where I'm from, mostly forests like this, but a lot of desert, too, so there are some places where water's hard to come by. I know lots of little tricks."

He shrugged. "It's the food part I've had the most trouble with. Nothing in this place is edible. Nothing. I really have no idea what's so entertaining about watching people starve to death."