" A man asks if I’m leaving. People can hear the engines, can see the exhaust, are watching me scramble around the decks to make ready. “C’mon,” I tell the man. Others are looking at me expectantly. “Anyone who wants to go, c’mon,” I say. I have people to help. Somehow, this helps me. "

― Hugh Howey , Peace in Amber (The World of Kurt Vonnegut)