Yes

"Can you have Walter and Natasha come to my room as soon as they can?" you ask Melissa, you nods and heads out on her task. Walter arrives first, dirty and looking tired.

"Hey Boss, just got your message. Melissa said this was something about farming?" Walter asks.

"It is. But I want to wait for Natasha to get here so we can all discuss it together." You take in his exhausted expression and filthy clothes. "Is everything alright?"

"Yep. All good. Just takes a lot of work is all. Haven't had much rest. But not to worry, I know how important keeping this place running is, so I'll keep trucking." He seems to be even worse off than he is letting on. The poor guy is already old, and putting that much work and pressure on him probably isn't fair.

"Considering how vital your job is, I think it would be a good idea to give you an assistant or two to help you out and learn from you." He immediately perks up at the idea of some help. Honestly, it's something that you should have thought of earlier. If you lost Walter, nobody else would be able to keep all the aging systems of the buildng up and running. "I would say you've earned a reward for working so hard as well."

Walter laughs. "Just the extra hands would be reward enough. Besides, what would you even be able to give me, overtime pay? Money ain't worth a damn these days." Before you can elaborate, Natasha comes in with her signature dour look.

"You call me, Boss?" she says in her thick, Russian accent. Her long, blonde hair is pulled back into a ponytail, and her white blouse clings to her absolutely enormous chest. She has the top two buttons undone, and the poor shirt is still in danger of being ripped apart.

"Yes, I did. I heard from Melissa that both of you have experience farming, is that correct?"

"Yes, Boss," starts Walter. "I spent the first twenty years of my life on a farm, before moving to the big city."

After you turn to her, Natasha speaks. "I was born on farm. Spent many years there before I came to America."

"As I'm sure you've both figured out by now, the grocery stores aren't being restocked anytime soon. We need to start growing our own food if we want to last more than a year. This is what I had in mind..." You launch into a discussion about your two possible avenues of approach. Walter is helpful and knowledgeable, though he keeps mentioning that he knows more about raising animals than crops. It takes a while for her to warm up, but once she does Natasha proves very knowledgeable about rasing crops. The discussion comes to a conclusion with you knowing precisely what kind of supplies and tools you will need to grow corn, which is apparently one of the best and most nutritious crops you can grow in this climate.

Both of them agree that the larger area of the empty lot will be valuable in keeping your food stores full. Natasha has the idea of using the roof area for smallers, raised gardens for herbs and vegetables, an idea that both you and Walter think is fantastic. She smiles when you both compliment her idea, the first smile either of you have seen on her face. Keeping extensize notes, you can add secretary to your list of job openings, you think you have a good enough plan to start thinking about building the wall. You send Natasha to get Jeremy, Mills, Foreman, and Allen to discuss how best to defend and construct the barrier.

"She's quite a gal, huh?" Walter mentions to you once Natasha is out of ear shot.

"Yes, her knowledgeable about farming is quite impressive," you reply, knowing that's not exactly what he meant. During the whole meeting, he has been stealing glances at Natasha's generous cleavage, and for the last few minutes has been conspicuously hiding his crotch area from view. Any further musings are cut short by the arrival of the people you summoned. "Welcome, please, make yourself comfortable where you can." Pretty soon, every seat is filled. "This is our objective," you point to the lot on a map. "We need to secure it, then build a wall around it." Mills and Foreman start talking about what it will take to keep it safe while the wall is being constructed as well as how big the wall needs to be. Allen gives his expertise on what supplies and what kind of manpower he will need. The build site he was working isn't too far away and should have everything you need. Planning goes late into the day, and by the end, you have a solid plan. "Alright, that's enough for today. We have enough to get started tomorrow gathering what we need. Thank you all for your input." Looking around, for the first time, you can see hope on their faces. People are starting to believe that they can do more than just survive. They are starting to see that they can thrive. "Everyone except Walter and LT Mills are dismissed." People stream out of your apartment, leaving you with Walter and Mills.

"Sir?" asks Mills.

"I told Walter I would get him some help." You hand her a piece of paper.