"A doctor," Tera said, "My 'parents' were nurses.  I probably would have become a nurse too, if I didn't get recruited."  She looked at Israfil, prompting him to answer.

"I-I was just going through higher education," Israfil said, then added, "though I didn't really excel at anything.  I-it's hard to keep up, when everyone else is so...talented.  When I got recruited, I thought, 'maybe this is something that only I can do, something unique about me as a person'.  Ah, what am I saying?" Israfil suddenly got embarrassed, put his hands under the table and looked down awkwardly.

Tera looked at Mike and said, "Sorry, when I said 'pilots', I didn't mean to exclude you, if you'd like, please feel free to share your background as well."  Tera saw Blythe out of the corner of her eye, but decided not to bring any unwanted attention to her.  If Blythe wanted to be left alone, Tera wasn't going to disturb her privacy.