[ She eyes the bag with no small amount of interest, as much assessing as curious. There's not a project there, for all that the selection has a distinct robotics bent. Spare parts?

His comment snaps her attention back to the here and now, and to her own small find. ]

It's more . . . since 'long after', isn't it? This design . . .

[ She rubs at the place where the manufacturer's serial number would be, long obscured by rust. ]

It came out two years ago. Two years for me, I mean. But this part's lived a lot older than I have.