She was facing him, still leaning on the rail while he answered. Yes, they were similar in their answers. She turned back a bit, looking out to at the water. She was loving it, the breeze, two happy children playing and Erik's company.
"Helping people....it's why I became a doctor," she explained. "Yes, it was to better myself, to be a Mom that Ben could be proud of and as I was a Zoner at the time, help anyone who needed it. It gave me such a sense of self worth. Saving a life, I thought, was power. Anyone can take one but not everyone can save one." She paused a moment and continued, "Besides, it was giving back for all of the help I received in a short time."
She again turned back to Erik much as she had before, smiling, "I think it'll make a me a good Crayterian. I seem to blend in nicely.
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