[i]she sighs and shakes her head, she had forgotten the joys of pilot ego,[/i] " yeah Eric cos its all about you"

Realization dawns on Eric, and he leans back on his barstool. "You're implying that the world [i]doesn't[/i] revolve around me?... Sorry, I have been a little selfish. Tell me about yourself."

"I was merely saying most of us have had that flight that went horribly wrong, sat and replayed it over and over and never find the right ending"

"Yeah... I've always been arrogant, but back then I thought that I was hot shit in the cockpit, that nothing could ever hit me. Fresh out of the Academy, first few ops went stellar, and, well, next thing y'know I'm bleeding out miles behind enemy lines. I was only carrying two or three marines, nobody I knew, but I can tell by your face that you weren't so fortunate."

[i]Her expression has hardened, but the haunting is still there in her eye's.[/i] " First solo off world flight, I was commissioned for a small passenger craft. 5 civilians , a woman her son aged 15, her daughter aged 10. They were going to see the husband who was stationed at the colony base. The other two were supposed to be engineers heading to the base.". [i] she pauses to finish her drink. As another one is presented to her .[/i] " The Two engineers turned out to be escaped convicts from 'Darkside,' God knows how they got off that rock it's meant to be impossible . Not that it matters , they did , and they wound up on my transport. Once we were outside the recall boundaries, and too far for in an assist. All hell broke lose , they took the boy a shoved him out the airlock. They rãpëd and tortured the girl and her mother, went on for 2 days.....[i]she stops and has another drink[/i]

He puts down his glass and sits in silence for a second, processing the rather killjoy story. It was a far more explicit tale than his, which made him feel... What did it make him feel like? His dream from the previous night still bothered him, the one with the tall man who had berated him on his behavior. When had he become so insecure, so brazen and rude? Perhaps it was time to be a little more heartfelt. "I-... I'm sorry Light. That sounds horrible, and I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories."

[i] Light continues to stare into the distance. [/i] " Not your fault , only one person who is responsible for the mess that went down."

"Doesn't mean that I can't feel for you. It wasn't your fault either, Light. How could you have expected those inmates to real out, or what could you have done to stop them from doing what they did? You would've gotten yourself killed, and those poor victims stranded with those monsters." He stands up, sliding some credits to the paddy as he does. He walks over to you, puts a hand on your shoulder briefly, and then begins to walks away. In all honesty, Eric had begun the spectacle in the hopes of getting someone to warm his bed at night, but Light... Well, she had a wit to match his own, and a dark history. Perhaps he still felt for her, but not so promiscuously anymore. "See you around, Light."