Story so far
Bobby helped expose and examine the buried digger, identifying its hydraulics and the empty engine space. He cautioned Juliette that the machine would be difficult to turn and that removing excavation waste would demand substantial labor, though he conceded that her wedge-steering proposal might work slowly. A friend of Raph, he said he was married; Fitz later said he had two children.
After the evacuation, Bobby brought Juliette water and reported refugees heading for the farms. He questioned Erik’s optimistic estimate for another tunnel and said his own people would have welcomed refugees. He later called for quiet during Juliette’s address. Outside, he and Fitz set down their oxygen bottle to stare at the world around them, and he tore open a glove to free his hand. Now he encourages Raph to burn a branch, arguing that the surrounding trees supply more wood than they could ever need.
Appearance
Bobby is a large miner with dark skin and long, tightly braided hair.
Role
He contributes excavation experience and practical warnings to Juliette’s efforts and is now adapting to life outside.
Relationships
Raph — Bobby is Raph’s friend and encourages him to burn a branch.
Sources — 24 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 3
- Bobby operates the excavator as work resumes on widening the opening.
Chapter 4
- Bobby identifies the machine’s hydraulic systems.
- Bobby directs attention to the driveshaft that ends in an empty engine space.
Chapter 5
- Bobby demonstrates how to remove the plates at the back of the digger.
Chapter 8
- Bobby is a large miner with dark skin and long, tightly braided hair.
- Bobby is Raph’s friend.
- Bobby doubts that the digger can turn as Juliette needs it to.
- Bobby concedes that Juliette’s wedge-steering proposal might work slowly.
- Bobby says the digger must also be wedged downward because it is inclined upward.
- Bobby worries that moving excavation tailings to the mine crusher would take as many workers as digging.
- Bobby says that he is married.
Chapter 9
- Walker has warned Bobby about worsening radio reception inside the excavation.
Chapter 41
- Bobby brings Juliette a canteen of water.
- Bobby reports that some refugees have gone to the farms after hearing food is still growing there.
Chapter 42
- Bobby accompanies the group approaching the tunnel excavation.
Chapter 48
- Bobby doubts Erik’s two-week estimate for reaching Silo Sixteen because the previous journey took longer.
- Bobby says they would have welcomed refugees into their own silo.
- Fitz says Bobby has two children.
- Bobby warns that the digger was difficult to steer and does not turn easily.
Chapter 59
- Juliette says Bobby told her that the digger was difficult to turn.
Chapter 60
- Bobby calls for silence when the crowd interrupts Juliette’s address.
Chapter 63
- Bobby and Fitz set down the oxygen bottle to stare at the world outside.
- Bobby tears his glove open with his teeth to free a hand.
Chapter 65
- Bobby encourages Raph to burn the branch, arguing that the surrounding trees provide more wood than they will ever need.