The Best Thing

about contract work, mercenary work, is that whatever the outcome when it ends well it is for everyone's benefit.  The merc gets their life changing bounty.  The job gets their goal fulfilled.  It is a common symbiosis, but the joy of its moment is rare, difficult to come by, and hard to find, to boot.  When it gets nailed down, you feel it in your bones for days.  It's like infinite gummi bears and christmas light chandeliers all packed in to a handshake.