Ethan Dawson invited Zion Lowell to Fairgate to help build some cabins. The pay was a barrel of gasoline. Zion Lowell didn't want to go at first, but seeing how sincere Ethan was, he ultimately agreed.
When Evelyn Ford wasn't developing poisons, she was tilling the fields in her dimension. Ronan Kendrick had built several aquaculture ponds next to the well, and the fish, shrimp, and crabs they'd brought back from Tarr City were starting to multiply rapidly. It was just a shame they hadn't activated the aquaculture section of the dimension while they were drifting at sea; all the fish they'd caught had already been processed.
The wild-caught sea fish tasted much better than the ones she raised herself. If it weren't for the baskets of tuna and king crab piled high in her dimension, Evelyn Ford would have thought their time on that little island had all been a dream.
