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What is it you do?

Back home, I was in the military. Here, I work my government assigned job and do personal training and body guarding on the side.

Did this place wind up givin' you a shitty job? 'cause from my understandin', it does that to a whole lot of people.

I don't know if they thought they were landing me with a shit job or not, but they stuck me with imPort liaison to the Navy. It's better than most of the others I've heard.

Who knows what they think when they assign the jobs. But you definitely lucked out. You been doin' that ever since you got here? Or have you moved onto somethin' else?

Since I got here, plus some bodyguarding and personal training lessons on the side. Thankfully some imPorts see the value in brushing up on their hand-to-hand skills and are willing to pay for it.

What about you?

Would I pay for it? Nah. The skills I got aren't exactly skills I was trained to have. I fight dirty.

[ He is....purposely avoiding answering the question she was actually asking. Mall cop. How embarrassing is that! ]

You could pay for mine if you'd like to add to what you already know. I can handle dirty.

[ Unfortunately for Rick, she notices that little sidestep and decides to tackle that directly. ]

That doesn't tell me what job you have here.

Can you now?

[ It just slips out of his mouth before he realizes it -- this borderline flirtation. He does realize it's a bit inappropriate and manages a weak laugh. ]

Sorry. I really can't believe I just said that.

[ STILL AVOIDING THAT QUESTION. ]

You can save the sorry for when I'm twisting your arm later. Are you still working the crappy joke job they saddled you with?

[ Sorry Rick, she's used to talking with dumb boys. ]

You don't give up, do you?

[ He sounds playfully exasperated. ]

Yeah. I am. They got me workin' as a mall cop. The joke bein' I was once a sheriff back home.

[ Oh. That's his job. ]

With a uniform and night stick and everything? [ She lets out a low, 'impressed' whistle. ] I didn't think you could go up from sheriff.

Hey now. I'll have you know, I was pretty vital to them fightin' off the hoards of holiday shoppers on Black Friday. That wasn't easy work.

Were you able to get any good deals in the middle of fending off the assholes?

You would think that'd be a perk. But surprise. It wasn't.

You could have slapped some things out of people's hands. Pretend it got lost in masses before you made off with it.

Damn. Why didn't I meet you sooner? You seem to have the best ideas.

Sounds like you were too busy being swarmed by shoppers to notice.

Well. I'm glad I did notice, eventually. Sure would've been a shame to miss out.

So am I. And I'm glad you got out of that mess alive.

Likewise. To you. I'm glad you got outta that mess you were in alive, too.

[ A pause. An awkward pause. ]

Well. Talk soon?

Keep in touch.

[ It's as much of a goodbye as he'll get from her, unless he wants it to be final. She's smiling faintly as she cuts the comm. ]

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