Charles: Your garden looks even more vibrant than I ever remember. What’s that song the bees are singing?
Richard: Ha! Yes, too slow for the flight of the bumblebee, that’s for sure. Soothing, it is. But, did I hear you’ve taken a JOB?
Charles: Yes. I must confess, after a few years of retirement, I found myself longing for the intellectual stimulation of teaching. So, I took up a part-time lecturing position.
Richard: Teaching again, Charles? After all those years of counting down the days until retirement?
Charles: I know, I know. But there's something about passing on knowledge and engaging with eager minds that I missed. It's not a full-time gig, just enough to keep me intellectually active.
Richard: You did say once that you missed being able to say you were associated with an institution.
Charles: Ah yes. The affiliation. I must admit that also drew me in.
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Voice-over
Some seek peace in retirement, others are drawn back to the stimulating buzz of the hive.
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