[ Eli's mood has been sour ever since Rilan informed him that his services had been volunteered for him. He's getting a deal on rent for checking over this shit, but Eli would vastly preferred to be paid for the work he did, rather than expected to do it free of cost for the ship owners just so his good friend can get laid.
The fact that Rilan had said with complete sincerity that he thought Eli would enjoy the challenge has somehow managed to make his mood worse.
So that's where his head is when he trudges up to what he's guessing is the correct ship (as long as the dock location he was told was correct), bitter and even a little angry, ready to pick a fight with whoever he's forced to deal with during this whole stupid ordeal.
Only...
Only as he approaches the ship, and the woman standing in front of it turns around to address him suddenly a number of things change at once about Eli's disposition. His back straightens up, his expression smooths out from a scowl into a confused smile, and his hand immediately reaches up to flatten down his hair.
Without missing a beat he responds like he's been in an upbeat mood this entire time. ]
A friend of the contact, at least. He sent me to take a look at your ship.
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The fact that Rilan had said with complete sincerity that he thought Eli would enjoy the challenge has somehow managed to make his mood worse.
So that's where his head is when he trudges up to what he's guessing is the correct ship (as long as the dock location he was told was correct), bitter and even a little angry, ready to pick a fight with whoever he's forced to deal with during this whole stupid ordeal.
Only...
Only as he approaches the ship, and the woman standing in front of it turns around to address him suddenly a number of things change at once about Eli's disposition. His back straightens up, his expression smooths out from a scowl into a confused smile, and his hand immediately reaches up to flatten down his hair.
Without missing a beat he responds like he's been in an upbeat mood this entire time. ]
A friend of the contact, at least. He sent me to take a look at your ship.