“Enough to keep us busy. Weekends are always a rush, and weeknights are slower.” Unsurprising, with the schedules that people work here, different from her experience. Mining wasn’t a Monday to Friday job, and Defiance had been built around mining.

She thinks that it’s likely he’s never had many friends; he seems so nervous and tentative around her. “But you’re welcome to come any time. Just to say hello, if you want.”