Are you familiar with carrier pigeons? If we could find a similar bird and train them appropriately, it might be an option for communication.

[hi. Usually he's all for pleasantries, but he doesn't think that Richard will mind if he gets straight to business.]

I'm no help in terms of offense, as you've seen, but I have years of experience managing logistics and allocating resources, if I might be able to assist in that way. I'd also like to offer what medical supplies I can, as I've recently reacquired my company here.