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She laughed, just a little deeper than a human. "Really? I'm on a mentally unbalanced ship crewed by a mix of people with various compatibility levels; the ship is controlled by an alien race with mysterious motives; we're supposedly fighting yet another alien race with even more mysterious motives; and the ship likes choosing random people from the back-end processes department to perform dangerous missions? And you think I need to arrange my suicide? I'm pretty certain the universe is lining up something interesting for me - and probably for all of us."
"And if I need to cheer myself up, I can always think of ways that this could all be worse." She gestured, inviting his input. "I'm sure you can think of some, too."
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She laughed, just a little deeper than a human. "Really? I'm on a mentally unbalanced ship crewed by a mix of people with various compatibility levels; the ship is controlled by an alien race with mysterious motives; we're supposedly fighting yet another alien race with even more mysterious motives; and the ship likes choosing random people from the back-end processes department to perform dangerous missions? And you think I need to arrange my suicide? I'm pretty certain the universe is lining up something interesting for me - and probably for all of us."
"And if I need to cheer myself up, I can always think of ways that this could all be worse." She gestured, inviting his input. "I'm sure you can think of some, too."