Dagen let Reia precede him and he moved to the back and turned about, bracing his forearms on the railing behind him. He wondered what she meant by that statement and gave her a slightly puzzled look. “Does that mean you’ll be up late plotting out how to get that latinum bounty?” he joked. Realizing he didn’t know where her cabin was he waited for her to tell the lift where to go. This had finished differently from when he had came tonight, imagining himself beforehand of being a general social butterfly but not landing on any particular flower. He glanced at her again and blushed. So to speak, that is, he thought.
- Dagen

Reia smiled and blushed slightly as well. She wasn’t certain if it was because of his remark or because of the thoughts swirling around in her mind at the moment. There she was, in an enclosed space, with a very nice man she’d been speaking with the whole evening and was just hoping the pheromones didn’t ruin it all.

“Oh yes. All that latinum. You know I need it. Who knows, maybe I’ll buy a small moon.” she said laughing.

Pausing, she stopped and told the lift where to go.

• Reia

In a ship their size it wouldn’t take long for a lift to take them to the destination. Even in that short time he felt a headiness. Was what he drank catching up with him? Unconsciously he edged a little closer to Reia. She blushed nicely and he found himself laughing with her. “Maybe a little tropical island somewhere and build one of those homes that have everything in it for tech and comfort. That little home away from home where one would not be in much but live more on the beach.” Idly he thought of her on a beach rather than bundled up in a ski suit. That seemed more appealing right now. He took a deep breath as the lift came to a halt but that didn’t make much difference for the better to clear his head.

The lift doors opened and he gestured for Reia to lead, his hand light at her back as though to guide her out; the contact all too brief as he joined her at her side. “With all that latinum …” Why couldn’t they just run away? “… really I think I’d buy the mountain area that I used to walk on when I was younger with my father and grandfather and make it into a park but have a house there to live on. A cabin.” He grinned. “Well, doesn’t have to be a small cabin.”
- Dagen, CE

Surprisingly Reia hadn’t flinched or glared at Dagen when he touched her. That was usually her first response in similar situations but she was trying very hard to be different. Still, she gave him a quizzical look as they walked towards her quarters.

“That sounds like a lovely idea. All of it. I would have plans for that much latinum myself but I’m not certain if it would actually make me happy.” she said stopping at her door, “You’re welcome to come in but I’m very boring. No alcohol.” she smiled.

• Reia