[ That's a little bit of a relief, anyway. And Poe's question is an easy one to answer. ]

I research, design, and build tech and other gear for the emergency services in town - so the firefighters, the perimeter guard, the cops, that kind of thing. To do that I gotta have supplies - like fabric and leather for uniforms, sure, but also materials that go into microchips and sonic stun grenades etcetera. And you can't buy all that in a store - at least, not here you can't. So she and I go out into the ruins outside the wall and we look through the stuff that was left behind. There's plenty of good stuff out there that no one is using. I was doing it on my own before, but it's kinda dangerous and it goes way faster with two.

[ He's not going to pretend there is no risk involved in the job - he'd been very clear to Rey about that before they made the whole thing official. She had insisted she could look after herself, and all signs point to her being way more badass and capable of survival than Cisco himself is. ]