The Bear's Cave - Sedona Station, Baffin (Formerly Freeport 14, Yukon)

[Dusty Lens]

Frankly, that wasn't the reaction he figured on. Given that it wasn't what he would have said if it was a bar with guns. As he figured that comment would have earned him a quick lesson in breathing out of his forehead.

For his own part he mostly tried to not look stunned, which resulted largely in him looking somewhat stupid. As you can only look so cool while a young woman is laughing in your face. Maybe with you, maybe at you?

She was slurring, she killed his joint, she left the bar, she somehow snatched up his demeanor and took it with her. The situation demanded he issue a comeback at her fleeing form to salvage a measure of his dignity.

... I'm not hiding behind work...

YEAH.

Well anyways. Balls.

The encounter had left him feeling restless and somewhat irritable. It might have been the weed talking though. Reasons for hanging around were in short supply and he had every notion of taking off. But the ping from the good people of Frenchland had supplied ample direction and intent to initiate operation pull the loud handle.

Enter the wonders of modern technology.

Via his pad he placed his Sabre on auction, readily bought out by the station at a set price which they would toy with at their discretion. With the same stroke of a credit line he appropriated an X shuttle that was available with direction to have it made ready for a long haul. Zoner bases were killer locations to demand a ship be made ready for a "long haul", they didn't screw around or cut corners. They didn't cut prices either, but it was worth the creature comforts and assurances of quality a body knew he was walking away with.

He killed his tea and added the cost of his drink and meal to his late partner's tab before heading out the door. Noting as he made his way for the exit that somehow his ident card had made its way into an ashtray, curiously enough. His gloves secured, his pistol holstered, he got the frek out of dodge.

There were enough crazy women in the galaxy that he didn't need to share a drink with one he'd make a profit in shooting out of the sky.