Tomas had encountered Elam’s group and took them on a tour of the desalination plants situated out beyond the bar of the harbor. It is the other reason for the presence of Tomas here in Babylon. They had been sabotaged by the former occupants of the megapolis before they abandoned the city.
He set them in working order again. (We now understood the reason for the surfeit of water around the city).
And the Captain excitedly recited all the news about his ship. Chief of which was the presence of Mr Kagi, who is still its proud owner.
He wants to go out again today and bring Mr Kagi back to meet everyone else.
Elijah thinks it a capital idea.