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quickly fizzled to a dull feeling in the pit of her stomach.
    “Sounds really important ,” he stated.
    “It was.”
    “Is that what you used to do before you went to prison?”
    Coraset wasn’t expecting so many questions, but she didn’t mind. It was refreshing to speak to another person after being in solitary confinement for a year and a half. She answered, “No, I was a horticulturist.”
    Rudy gave her a strange look. “So, you went from having an important position at Erato Biotrade to being a gardener in the Federation to a dangerous inmate in the Mojave Prison?”
    She laughed and answered, “Well, I was accused of murdering a police officer. That’s how I ended up in the Mojave Prison.”
    “Did you really kill a police officer?”
    “No.”
    “So, why didn’t you stay a humanitarian ?” Rudy shifted intently listening.
    “ There is no such position in the Federation, and if it did exist, I wouldn’t take it. Before the outbreak, Erato Biotrade was the leading company in the world when it came to altruism. Then it was like they stopped caring. They did nothing to stop the N12 Virus. I believe they had the vaccine all along. I used to have so much pride working for that company. Now, I really don’t want anything to do with them. That’s why I’m a gardener.” Coraset spoke with a bitter attitude, and she gave a quick angry smile.
    Rudy was speechless.
    “So…what did you used to do for the Federation before you were in prison?” She asked trying to beat back the heaviness in the room.
    “ I was an engine and airframe mechanic.” Rudy spread his arms with a huge smile and added, “I really want to be a helicopter pilot!”
    “Why didn’t you test for it?”
    He dropped his arms and answered, “I did, but I didn’t score high enough.”
    Coraset looked at him curiously and asked, “Rudy, how did you end up in prison anyway?”
    He cleared his throat and said, “I stole a point card.”
    She laughed and shook her head. “ Why would you do that?”
    Rudy embarrassedly answered, “I don’t want to say.”
    Coraset knew as young as he was, he must have had a hard time in prison. He was among the leeches of society, and the worse of the worse.
    Rudy leaned back on his arms before asking, “Have you ever been married?”
    “No,” Coraset answered.
    “Have you ever wanted kids?”
    She seriously considered his answer and answered, “I did when I was in high school. I wanted to get married and have two kids, a boy and a girl. I wanted a nuclear family.”
    “What is a nuclear family? It sounds dangerous.” Rudy asked in a serious tone.
    “It’s not. It’s like I said, two kids and a husband.”
    Rudy understood and remarked, “I don’t think I’ll ever get married, and kids are definitely not an option anymore.”
    “It’s unfortunate for all of us,” Coraset added.
    She stood and picked up the bag to test the weight. She placed the strap on her shoulder, and then on the other shoulder. She walked around trying to make sure it wasn’t going to be a bother when she set on her way that evening.
    Rudy watched her considering everything she told him. He put all of the facts in his head , added a few notions based on what she said and what he’d seen her do, and drew his own conclusions. Overall, he thought Coraset was a strange woman. He’d never met anyone like her before.
    He commented, “I don’t understand you, Coraset.”
    “I’m not a complicated person, Rudy.”
    “Yeah, you are. Before the outbreak, you were a humanitarian at Erato Biotrade. Now, you’re a horticulturist for the Federation, and you know how to handle a gun. You probably know how to fight, too. How did you learn all that stuff?”
    “I’ll have to tell you later how and why I learned all of those things, but right now, you need to check the weight of the bag. We’re going to be walking all night, and you need to make sure it’ll be comfortable.”
    Rudy threw the bag over his opposite shoulder