"Oh, all right. Of course you wouldn't be doing it if you didn't have any affinity for the life you live." He smiled back.

"I see that you do enjoy helping. And you've always been helpful to us, the train's people. For which we're all grateful."

He looked when Chiff beeped. "In that case, you and Chiff are living a life that was chosen by you, and you're not constantly under the eye of some authority."

He lifts his glass in a toasting gesture. "To freedom and choice!"