would have been far less stressful just buying her a drink! ;-)

mmmm, perhaps the pair of breaking into the shipping/mining business and having run ins with the mob backed main operators? or getting mixed up is some inter stellar intrigue....as bilbo baggins said "It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might be swept off to." same could be said for story writing and reading :-)