A casual dialogue about non-casual subjects

[Chronicron]

"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."

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