Dusten sat at the bar, the Engi bartender looking down at him. "Alcohol levels high, service denied".

Dusten replied "Come on you bag of bolts, have a heart and pour a grieving man a glass, would ya?". Next to him sat a zoltan, who despite his race's lack of almost all facial features, looked incredibly annoyed.

"Dusten, it was just a insect you picked up from a guy desperate for cash, can't you let it go?".

"Ol'Twitchy was more than just some bug, Calion, he was my pet, and a great on at that".

Calion sighed, "We've been talking about this for 40 minutes Dusten, and literally all that thing did was move in it's cage a little bit. And yet you're talking about it like it loved you and had any form of emotions."

"Just shut up, would ya? Twitchy had feelings and emotions and you can't tell me otherwise."

"Fine,for the sake of peace I'll stop arguing with you". Calion hung his head semi defeatedly, while Dusten tried to get another drink.

Calion sat up, saying to Dusten he was going to fire up the ship so he'd better leave the bar soon as not to get stranded.

"You? Leave me?" Dusten scoffed. "You wouldn't survive one jump without your trusty gunner"

"Right right", Calion muttered to himself as he walked to their small ship, with it's gray hull decorated by blue lines, and tinted windows. He clambered through the entry hatch and got his way to the cockpit, which was very clean as compared to the rest of the ship which was littered in trash. He flipped switches and turned dials until the craft started and was urgently hailed by another ship. The news he recieved was urgent enough to go and grab Dusten from the bar, where he still debated with the Engi bartender for another drink.