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He just started to laugh at her playful response. Once he finished he just nodded, "OK, OK, I deserved that!" He then sipped his drink. "Thanks for the laugh though. It is sorely needed and hopefully there are more where that one came from."
"But yes, cancer patients. The Junkers have a couple of bases there. If you have some good armor on your ship, a good shield and do not hang around long in the system, you should be OK. I recommended to them to rotate crews out every couple of months to minimize exposure."
He had settled from his laugh and for the moment didn't want to talk about negative things even if there were plenty of them to speak of. He was keeping a watch as to comings and goings in the Freeport but to this point, nothing alarmed him. It seemed the Mariko was just as at ease as he was for the moment. For the moment, he made small talk. She was good company and he was able to admire her a bit without making it obvious. Yes, things were going well.