Eight hummed. Keep him talking. Just a bit more, maybe. "Oh yeah? I can't say it's been great for me but..." Well, there were lots of new people to meet. "It hasn't been horrible."

"Well, aside from the missions. And the whole void storm, and..." Okay yeah... "No, it's been pretty terrible. But at least we have people to help lighten things. A, uh, a little."