"I'll keep the pool clean." She might even keep cleaning the rest of the ship, but she'll certainly do that part. Making the place more hospitable to her wasn't the entire goal of their changes, but it was a significant part. "The water burned my gills before we changed it. I'd only spent a few seconds in there."

She's surprised by the offer, but unless something goes horribly wrong, she'd rather stay with a known quantity than reenter the lottery of temporary assignments. It isn't a request she anticipates making. Ulla shakes her head.

"What will you get, if I graduate?"