"Fair enough. At least you're enjoying your work, a lot of people don't," she imagines that's amplified in Baedal, where there must be a limitied number of employment opportunities.

She smiles in response to that, a little amused, "I have friends like that, except it's computers instead of strange machinery, but I think the principle's the same. I can understand it, at least a little. People can be pretty confusing."

Steph gets people on a surface level, but making proper friends is a bit harder. She's aware that some of her personality traits are a little abrasive and that she can be kind of judgemental and choosy about who she makes friends with.