It occurs to Ellie that the "work thing" Stephen mentions here and the "work thing" Tony has mentioned to her are probably the same fucking work thing. Which makes it pretty horrific, actually, if she can trust her context clues on the matter.

She doesn't really blame Stephen for changing the subject. Even if she really wants to ask about the guy in the spider-suit.

So she smiles at him, some of the tired shadows around her eyes disappearing; her smile is very full of teeth.

"Sometimes. You'd think it would get old around the fifth or the sixth universe, or the tenth time you fight something fucking ridiculous, but... I dunno how I'd ever go back to sheep farming after all this shit."

No, she's actually not kidding.