Hah. Like the universe making me take a vacation? Or a forced retirement.

People back home used to suggest I could take some time off. They never suggested it twice.

[Blake's job was his life, and he did not like people trying to tell him what to do with it.]

You dodged a bullet. Pilots just sit around most of the time. Gotta be boring as hell.

[There's an unexpected bit of interest in his eye.]

That's actually not a bad idea, as far as circuses go.