"Oh you know how it is; total onboard capacity is pretty limited, but ultimately I'm not going to run out. And there's nothing but time, if I ever need any; you just shut down for a few months, build up charge, and then you wake up. It's not a big deal."

She thinks for a moment; it's honestly not that bright in here, but it's incredible, compared to what came before. She wonders if solar could get her anywhere... And yet, Ten can feel it in her thermocouple, in a way that it takes her a minute or two to really quantify: she isn't going to need a shut down anytime soon, not for a long time. When she crunches the numbers it goes out to the triple-digits and she stops the calculation before it can get into the minutes and hours. Did that mean the isotopes had been refreshed, or just replaced? Was she still being powered the same way at all?

No way to know. But just the same; an improvement.

"Huh. Looks like my batteries are pretty healthy, just now. I suppose I have our host to thank for that. Makes sense; it doesn't do its mission any good if I spend half my time in standby. It's strange to have such a sense of urgency all of a sudden."