'That's a good question! I don't know that we make the distinction, linguistically.' She's thinking about it now, though, because it's the sort of analytical question that ought to matter.

'I think that blessing might not be... financial enough, in connotation. Peace and prosperity, in Sector Standard, is the greeting of the Tradelines, and it carries our core mission. We're a military and trade organisation. Peace is obvious, yes? It's our duty to maintain it. Prosperity - it is individual, that a person can do business unhindered, that contracts are upheld, that nobody stands in the way of opportunity to make a fair profit. But the more individual success there is, the more prosperous the colony as a whole, in infrastructure. Or reputation. And that matters too.'