"What is wrong with you?"
Two men wearing identical business suits walk through the door. The bigger one seems to be raging a little bit at the smaller man.
"Who the hell falls asleep in a box?" Penn demands, shoving Teller slightly. "You trying to screw this up for us
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She's keeping out of the way of the argument, but once Penn's a short distance off, she can't help a glance up and over. At Teller, not Penn. There's a tiny frown on her face, but it's not the quiet half of the duo she's frowning at.
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This is normal behaviour for them, really. And, in a way, it's a little more safe, since neither of them are throwing knives at the other (which is also perfectly normal behaviour for the two of them).
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"Are you alright, though?" Sariel looks as though she's got a fair idea of the answer, given that shrug, but it's still better to ask.
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Teller taps out a string of Morse code on the Bar, ordering himself a chocolate Yoo-hoo, and nods easily.
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Aha. Sariel thought so, but still. "Only that didn't sound very pleasant a moment ago," she answers. The code gets a moment's curious turn of the head, but she doesn't ask. "My name is Sariel, by the way."
She doesn't quite expect a verbal answer, not after the way Teller ordered his drink, but there's still courtesy to think of.
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"Teller," she tries, a little hesitantly. Her pronunciation of his name is English, but he might notice the odd hint of... something on a syllable here and there elsewhere. "Pleased to meet you, Teller. You're a magician?"
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Cheesy and stupid, he knows, but he's actually been barred from performing a lot of his "usual" tricks in the bar.
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No appearing playing cards for her. She just offers a hand instead. Her right one, for the record.
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The playing cards? He just leaves those. Someone else who gets paid to clean up around here can get those.
He pulls lightly at her uniform sleeve. Now, what on earth is up with this?
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The name 'Starfleet' should make things rather plain, but one can never be too careful. "Does your world have any type of space travel, Teller?"
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No, people on Earth have not travelled to outer space, but they have made contact.
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Bombs away...! Well, sort of.
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- Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, Moon on a napkin.
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