[Kal nods, not noting what he's saying down to not make him uncomfortable but memorizing everything to tell Lois, Bruce and the others later. He wishes the station was ready but the engineers were only in the beginnings of all the work that was left to do, and this rationing wasn't going to make any things easier.]

Who could we ask about it then, if we wanted to gather more information? There has to be someone that deals with this kind of things, if this is akin to a cold Tu Vishan must have gotten sick plenty of times in the past.

I wonder if it would be possible to let at least some of us foreigners have a hand in the organization of that rationing? I understand this is your home and you are of course right to make the decisions but it we would be grateful to be able to see what the rationing is being used for?