"So are you Caninoid by birth-mod or by choice-mod?"
"My mother really, really liked Caninoids, so my father agreed to have me modified during my mom's pregnancy. And so I came to be." Vincent looks into his glass for a while, then takes a big sip.
"I was the only Caninoid on the station my parents' lived on. Other kids gave me, well..."
"Hell! That's what kids do."
"No, not really. They just liked to pick on me, and after I grew up they just kinda got bored with it, so."
"Vincent, they gave you hell." Vincent scrunches his nose some, and then takes another sip. Meanwhile, Angela perks up and stares at him funny.
"Wait, you've never told me about this. I know you for years and a bartender gets it out of you rather than me?"
"Hey, you've never asked." Vincent grins, his tail swishing, while Angela goes back to her drink, and empties the remainder of it in one go.
"Alright, something to clean the palate, bartender. Get me a shot of Cherrybomb." With a nod, you quickly pour some of the reddish synthol into a clean shot glass and serve it to Angela. She lets you scan her credchip once more. (+10c)
Today Earnings: 910c
Monthly Earnings: 3725c
Angela barely has time to take a sip of her Cherrybomb when one of Vincent's datapads lights up and beeps at him. He leans over and pushes some buttons, then nods.
"Right, the satellite sent back the reply-query and the new code is running. We can leave for Tanzania."
"Wait, at least let's finish our drinks first." Angela says, and does just that - drinks her shot in one go. Vincent takes a more conservative sip of his Cryolamp, but there's not much left of it either.
You might have just enough time for a single query before they leave.
A) To both: "So wait, is Tanzania Station the same or a different thing from Tanzanian Astrophysics Union?"
B) To Angela: "I take it you didn't like being a teacher?"
C) To Angela: FLIRTY: "I am glad you've mellowed out, but I gotta say, I enjoyed that harsh, bossy streak you've showed~"
D) To Vincent: CHATTY: "You've mentioned earlier that you didn't deal with the kids, so are you an assistant of sorts, or just employed by Tanzanian faculty?"
E) To Vincent: FLIRTY: "Finally, I can ask where do such handsome Caninoids come from, because I haven't seen a tail this luscious and ears this cute ever before~"
F) To both: "You banter back and forth like an old couple. Are you two married?"
G) "Thanks for stopping by. Please come again, both of you."
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