Valaric took his drink from the barman, turned around to face the room and looked for the closest table. A small table with 2 chairs was just a few steps away from the bar. He walked to the table, chose the chair that faced into the bar. He always liked to see what was going on, people interested him, made him appreciate people, althought he didnt come across many people in space Humm its been a long time since I had one of these fresh from a bar Valaric thought to himself. He put the glass to his lips and the cool taste of Liberty Ale filled his mouth. He placed the glass back onto the table and signed. He felt disappointed, he had no engineer for his next trade contract and he was meant to meet one in this bar, Argo Arillion, but he had not turned up. But the Ale ebbed away some of his concerns, he stretched out his legs and tried to relax. He still had 3 days to find a suitable engineer to keep his piles of bolts together in space. Maybe someone in here might be able to help me He thought. Valaric looked around the room, seeing if there was anyone who he thought could help him.
But before he could give the room much of a glance the door opened and four men came through the door. Valaric wouldnt have given them much of his attention if it wasnt for the fact they didnt look in great shape. He watched as they approached the bar and stood close to where Valaric was sitting. Just by looking at the four men he could tell they have awful time out in space. He knew that look as he had experienced on a few occasions himself. He knew the terrible feeling that you could die as someone or something attacked your ship.
Valaric was brought out of his own thought as the men started to talk to the barman. He moved in his chair, to partly face the four men and listened to what they said.
Valaric watched as one of the men broke the glass he was holding, the man looked distraught and was visibly shaking. He felt for these men, he too well knew the dangers of space.
Valaric stood up, turned toward the four men and walked towards them and said:
Im sorry but I couldnt help overhear you talking about your troubles, sounds like you had a rough time, is there anything I can do to help?
