(see previous) It's nothing "special", but they have their banter and wisecracks, and for weeks at a time, it'll be the hauler's only connection to humanity, and as dispatch, it is up to her to send out "heartbeats" to her crew for delivery assurance.

The hauler, work-hardened, has a sweet spot, though wholly unadmitted to himself, for dispatch, and through a sequence of troubles that eventually resolve, the "story" would end on them learning each others' names.

Geez. that sprung tears.