“Please,” Ana says looking dismissively at Foix, “the only one who blew your cover was you. I didn’t suggest spending my monthly budget for ramen and alcohol on a single meal, and it certainly wasn’t me who decided to go on a shopping bender here instead of putting a deserving child through college.”Tiglath wrote:Foix laughs and refills Ana's glass as he continues “I did come late to join the trader’s crew and would have travelled incognito had my old comrade Ana not recognised me. She has a very good eye - she knew me from when I was younger and less handsome".Ramona wrote:“He looked so sad and lonely when we found him in that cardboard box on Shedizar a week ago. Unfortunately, Vee put out a saucer of champagne and caviar and we haven’t been able to get rid of him since.” Ana downs the champagne and wrinkles her nose, “Fizzy.”
She shakes her head, “People like you and I, we secretly want to get caught, it excites us, the chase, the danger, we thrive when we’re surrounded and out gunned. It’s why we lead from the front and not the rear, why we run towards the gunfire and not away from it, we’re adrenaline junkies. Game’s different now, it’s not just our lives.”
Ana looks about the room at the others.