She chuckled as she walked towards a coat hanger, which was right besides the door to her garden. "No, he's a good man but not the type I'd like to spend the rest of my life with." She took on her hoodie and opened the door, revealing the outer scenery.
The door was leading to a small garden right behind her house, concealed by the fence from the rest of the world, including her landing pad. Bushes, flowers, trees, - all carefully placed and trimmed by Tricia's gentle hands. "This all here..." She slowly waved over what she considered one of her grandest accomplishments, if not the grandest. "Is what I've been doing for the last couple of months."
Sun exits out onto the garden with a look of amazement, being a gardener herself she beams with appreciation of the garden. She walks to the Bushes and crouches down to inspect them lightly with her fingers "This is beautiful work Tricia, I am something of a green thumb myself" she compliments her with a friendly grin as she examines the flowers, trees and Bushes.
Tricia folded her hands together, looking around her garden with a light smile. "Thanks. I never thought I had it in me. At first, I wanted to hire a gardener because of how tedious and boring the prospect of gardening looked to me. I never wanted to spend my days cutting bushes and grass or planting flowers and trees, not before I discovered something satisfying in it, a feeling of accomplishment, so to say." She walked slowly towards a small tree, right in the middle of her backyard. "Some people call it "The state of Flow", when one can't stop doing something they really enjoy, something they want to immerse themselves into. I never experienced it, not before I got to do something so simple, yet so satisfying."
Sun looks over at her, she understands completely "To grow something with your own hands, to see it flourish and bloom, it is a special feeling to those who enjoy the hardships that come with gardening" she says with a smile towards Tricia. "I have spent many days flourishing and growing plants of my own, there is pride in that work and I can see there is much pride in your word here Tricia" she friendly comments whilst inspecting the tree.
"I always found pride in achieving some kind of task, accomplishing a mission. Something like tracking down a smuggler or securing a convoy. But never imagined I'd get a feeling of completion after doing something so elementary. - She chuckled nervously, - I never imagined seeing myself in a gardening shop picking tools, flowers, bushes. I don't know, it was more satisfying for me than shopping at the ship equipment stores. Maybe I'm getting old."
Sun puts her hands together and does a supportive and reassuring smile towards her "Becoming old? Goodness sometimes I feel the same way in this space, living in a world of danger does age you faster then living a life of luxury" she says towards Tricia as she inspects the bushes closer, kneeling down beside them "To grow something is to see it age, so you are constantly reminded of the passage of time" she says with a serene smile.
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