[She just scouts around for somewhere that'll be out of the way of any potential foot traffic and sits cross-legged in one smooth motion.]

Well you don't have much choice in the matter. There isn't much here. And I don't really think there's enough food to go around. It seems we're always short on something. My roommate and I, we-- ah, killed a squirrel a while back so we've got plenty of meat, [a nod to the package, there is in fact squirrel jerky in there] but without it-- we'd probably be going a lot hungrier.