What? [ That startles Nate enough to make him laugh. ] No, like when they stop work, and then they live off their pension. Hence the term. Like when they're seventy.
Well, yeah, that's because you're living in a feudal type of place, like this one. In my world there's workplace pensions, and healthcare, and benefits for people with disabilities, and all that jazz.
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[ Like Thorn will have to, if he has to remain a demon. Nate hates that thought. ]
Pensioner, it means like...when people get old and retire, that's what they're called.
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Well, yeah, that's because you're living in a feudal type of place, like this one. In my world there's workplace pensions, and healthcare, and benefits for people with disabilities, and all that jazz.
Might be in your world's future. Maybe.
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[ That's the benefit to immortality, right? You get to see the world get better.
Presuming you get past all the bad stuff first. ]
Once we get out of here, I mean.