'I'm working construction for now,' she answers, 'but only because I could take it up immediately, not too many questions asked. I didn't want to stay at the inn, and it's something to do while I find something better. I'm in talks with a couple of mercenary groups, see if I can make myself useful that way. There's not much call for piloting here, or... anything else I'm trained for, really.'
The words might be negative, but her attitude isn't, because she's fixedly determined to make the best of this situation. 'Provisioning, I know how to do. Had to do the calculations in training, how to resupply a ship of two hundred for travel along certain routes. Not an astrogator's job, but they like lieutenants to be versatile. I guess you have to be, to be command-qualified.' Something else she and the others had joked about: what kind of improbable catastrophe would leave a half-year lieutenant in command of a ship. They laughed, because taking it seriously would have made that improbable possibility seem all too real.
'A lot of it's common sense,' she continues, 'but it's something we could support each other with. If you wanted.' No pressure. She knows she shouldn't make the assumption that a man she's just met will want anything more to do with her just because they're both spacers. Still, it feels right to offer. 'What were your potential ideas for work?' she asks him, assuming he's thought about it at least a little.
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The words might be negative, but her attitude isn't, because she's fixedly determined to make the best of this situation. 'Provisioning, I know how to do. Had to do the calculations in training, how to resupply a ship of two hundred for travel along certain routes. Not an astrogator's job, but they like lieutenants to be versatile. I guess you have to be, to be command-qualified.' Something else she and the others had joked about: what kind of improbable catastrophe would leave a half-year lieutenant in command of a ship. They laughed, because taking it seriously would have made that improbable possibility seem all too real.
'A lot of it's common sense,' she continues, 'but it's something we could support each other with. If you wanted.' No pressure. She knows she shouldn't make the assumption that a man she's just met will want anything more to do with her just because they're both spacers. Still, it feels right to offer. 'What were your potential ideas for work?' she asks him, assuming he's thought about it at least a little.