( hey. at the very least kirma is asking about things he's willing to answer. for all that aventurine joked that he has shown no interest in him, maybe that's for the best, really. don't ask about his past or anything even remotely personal, and their little 'friendship' can float on the river of uncertainty as swimmingly as it has always been.

he'll pet the ears, though. funny how this is probably the first time in his life he has pet a dog's ears... so soft under his hand it almost feels like a crime. )

You're curious about my work life now? ( what could possibly be interesting about a corpo slave lbr ) 'An intergalactic mega-corporation that strives for peace'... Now that I think about it, I rarely meet people who don't know the IPC. We used to call them men in black, back in my planet. We saw them as saviors from beyond the stars.

( except when they needed them the most, they weren't there. never even found him, when he had been the sole survivor. up to course with his luck, perhaps. )

Well, I guess that's what my department does. Find planets on the verge of ruin, and invest in them. Can you see me doing something like that?