Richard thinks he's done with the man for the moment. He calls in Sean to check if the infos gotten are sufficiently clear and they together clarify the little bits that are not.
1. Did he specify the locations for more than these three? How many are with the coordinates given?
2. If there are more than those three, we'll want the general areas covered.
3. Sean will see if the descriptions of the locations match actual maps. If we can have the maps detailed enough, then "a general store building at Some Street 66" should match the store marked there.
4. Does the general area above overlap with where we are to meet Troubleshooters? Was the motel there explicitly named?
5. How many points of interest total are named in the gutter? What are the kinds of those points?

The prisoner is then cleared to receive the best medical assistance we can provide and to get a semi-comfortable solitary cell until he's in full health.

Richard then calls a public frequency of The Union and proposes them the following, in order:
1. Establish a two-party encrypted channel without validating the indentity of the parties. The parties will not be initially 100% sure who the other party is, but...
1.1 From now on, we will be sure it's the same party that we have talked to before that.
1.2 No other parties will be able to decipher anything beyond timing/locating the transmissions.
2. Asks whether The Union does any cross-border or maritime trade in goods or information and whether it is in any way safe to reach them from Vermont.
3. Asks whether The Union is willing to disseminate any information about either or both of the following parties to a party that claims to be, or might find itself, a victim or an enemy of those.
3.1 The Army of neck-tattoed slavers.
3.2 The Sacred Snakes.
4. Asks whether The Union is willing to disseminate any additional information about anything at all (territorial claims, manifestos, advertising, warnings, good advise, whatever).