Chapter 2: Half a Tank Too Late

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Episode summary

Two half-full tanks look reassuring until Mina reads their capacities. A short calculation keeps the service boat at the dock for one essential refill.

Transcript

Page 1

Panel 1: Kit gestures proudly towards two brass tanks on the boat. Ada and Mina listen.
Kit: Both tanks are half full. We're ready!

Panel 2: Captain Sora checks the departure list beside the three children.
Sora: We need twenty litres. Reserve included.

Panel 3: Ada points towards the smaller tank. Kit thinks about her answer.
Ada: Two halves make a whole. Enough, surely?

Panel 4: Mina leans towards the tanks, which have different widths.
Mina: A whole what? These tanks differ.

Page 2

Panel 1: Kit points at the tanks' water-level windows. Sora watches.
Kit: But both are halfway full!

Panel 2: Mina points towards the smaller tank while Ada studies the larger one.
Mina: Half of which tank? Read the capacities.

Panel 3: Ada compares the tanks as Kit holds her notebook.
Ada: 12 litres here. 24 litres there.

Panel 4: Kit pauses to think. Mina smiles beside him.
Kit: Same fraction. Different wholes.

Page 3

Panel 1: Ada holds her notebook beside a clear tank diagram.
Ada: Six litres here. Twelve there.
Diagram: two rectangular tanks of capacities 12 L and 24 L are half full. They hold 6 L and 12 L. The total is 18 L, which is 2 L below the stated 20 L requirement.

Panel 2: Mina works with her pencil while Kit listens.
Mina: Six plus twelve. Eighteen litres.

Panel 3: Kit holds up two fingers. Ada checks her notebook.
Kit: Two litres short. Twenty minus eighteen.

Panel 4: Sora stands beside the securely tied mooring rope. The children stay aboard.
Sora: We stay moored until we have enough.

Page 4

Panel 1: Kit reaches towards a bucket on the dock. His friends and Sora watch.
Kit: I'll fetch the water. We nearly left short.

Panel 2: Mina offers Kit a clear measuring jug beside the tap.
Mina: Use the jug. A bucketful isn't a number.

Panel 3: Kit fills the jug under Sora's supervision while Ada records the amount.
Ada: Eighteen litres, then two more.

Panel 4: Kit hands the jug to Sora, who pours water into the reservoir.
Kit: Twenty litres. This time, checked.

Page 5

Panel 1: Sora checks her clipboard beside the closed tank. The children listen.
Sora: Checks cost time. Running short costs more.

Panel 2: Ada writes in her notebook while Kit looks over.
Ada: I'll record every unit.

Panel 3: Kit smiles ruefully beside Mina.
Kit: Half of what? I'll ask first.

Panel 4: Mina smiles at Ada and Kit. They listen to her.
Mina: You heard me this time.

Page 6

Panel 1: Ada and Kit turn towards Mina as Sora prepares the boat.
Ada: We'll leave you room. We need your ideas.

Panel 2: Sora steers towards a floating relay station marked by a golden gull.
Sora: Gull Relay first. We need a fresh report.

Panel 3: Kit points at a paper message glider beside the station.
Kit: It's falling!

Panel 4: On the secure landing, Mina holds the fallen paper message. Sora and the other children gather around.
Mina: Let's check before we fix it.