I suppose. [A pause, and then a shot of unanticipated honesty as she looks up into the gleaming dark:] I think I miss surprises, though. Sometimes.
[Maybe 'surprise' is the wrong word, but she misses the thrill of discovery. The sense of newness every time something washed up out of the Rift that she'd never seen before. The puzzles. Now most of the time it feels like her mind is just ticking over, and the big puzzles she needs to address - Erik - aren't in any of her specialisms.]
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[Maybe 'surprise' is the wrong word, but she misses the thrill of discovery. The sense of newness every time something washed up out of the Rift that she'd never seen before. The puzzles. Now most of the time it feels like her mind is just ticking over, and the big puzzles she needs to address - Erik - aren't in any of her specialisms.]