Austin smirked lightly at Holden's comments, but kept his gaze focused on the newsfeed that played above the three. "I haven't been in the loop with anything Government related for a while now. Especially not after the few times they've declared me a fugitive, or the couple of times that I deserted because the orders given were utterly asinine. But that's neither here nor there. All I know is I saw Dagon's ship get shot down in Gallia years ago, and haven't seen her since. I figured she was dead."
He paused, pressing his lips together, "Mmh... wait, no. Actually that's a lie... the last time I saw her was on Los Angeles, must've hit my head or something... or the alcohol is starting to actually work. Y'know... she's a pretty hard lass t' kill. I've taken my chances when she went rogue herself, definitely a better pilot than I could ever be, and I've downed plenty of decent pilots in my life time. Glad she's doin' okay, and even getting married. I would've been married around this time but my wife to be disappeared." He said picking up the empty porter and fiddling with the glass in his hands for a moment reflecting on his own words. Shortly after doing so he sat the glass down and leaned forwards, looking past Holden and at the woman who had requested a seat near them.
"We're sharing war stories, Holden here bumped his head and was in out of it for eight years, I saved a now dead Prime Minister from an early grave back during the opening years of the Tau Wars with Kusari. What's your story lass?"