RUFUS CATCH-ALL

[robopriest]

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[soulus]

That does matter.

What matters is that it pays poorly.

[robopriest]

["That doesn't matter. What does matter is that it pays well".]

[He sighs.]

Well, lets say you pay off everything, and don't have to work for someone else anymore. What would you do?

[soulus]

What else? I would stop working for the rest of my life.

[robopriest]

Wait, you would continue to work?

[soulus]

You can live without money.

[robopriest]

I guess that's right. Though you can't devote your whole life to money.

[soulus]

What would you do, then?

[robopriest]

Well, I already don't devote my life to money. If I wanted to stop being a priest...then I'd probably just find a nice place in the mountains and live there.

[soulus]

Why the mountains?

[robopriest]

That's the type of place where I lived as a child. Its kind of nostalgic.

[soulus]

[This kind of small talk isn't his forte, so he falls quiet. Being forced to talk in falsehoods doesn't help. He does, however, turn the factoid around in his mind.

Nostalgia of simpler times certainly has a strong pull to it. He can't fault Hansa for it.]

[robopriest]

[They make it to the pub - he opens the door for him.]

After you.

[soulus]

[Fine. He enters the pub first, where he stands by the counter to order a glass of water.

Hansa can, of course, help himself to any beverage.]