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{{Eh, not just your fault, RIG. You can't move the scene forward by yourself. Believe me, I've tried in other RPs when they've been really slow. wink lol!!! But I finally thought up a great way to explain my character's lack of response to everything! XD lol!}}

Lena finally was able to come back to the room from the restroom area. Her cheeks were slightly flushed and a scowl was on her face. Her three guards followed her out and took their place toward the back of the dining facility. They also didn't look too pleased, though that tended to be their normal appearance.

Lena had gone to the restroom to wash her hands before she got something to eat. When she came out, her security team blocked her exit and explained their concerns with the current situation. They expressed their desire to leave due to the recent arrival of a prisoner of war. Finally, Lena had to interrupt their arguments and say that she was not leaving. She said she was perfectly safe with them around and with Zoid pilots in such close proximity. She said she could not be any safer and then finally left. She was not happy because she had nearly had to force her way past her guards. She wished they trusted her decisions more.

When Lena arrived at the table, she noticed another new arrival. She was quite pleased to be around so many pilots. Well, she just assumed this other man was a pilot as well. Their dinner group had gotten quite large.

She would not speak first because that would be interrupting the group conversation, and that would be rude.

{{So Lena hasn't heard anything since the last time I posted.}}

Jarid also looked at the bodyguards in the back, giving an annoyed grunt.
"Greaat...The Goonsquad is here..." he said annoyingly as he put the mirror back where he found it.

He then looked back to Jhala.
"So she's a VIP I take it?"

((Good! Now go respond to Day's End already. XD))

Jhala gave Jarid a dumbfounded look before turning back to Lena.

"Neither. It's more the way you and your guards carry yourselves. Body language speaks volumes in ways that words can't hide. So..."

He leaned back, getting comfortable.

"What brings you to Ebinay?"

((RGI: I take blame because I wanted to stop for ya, but I didn't because of the other stuff going on. Not to say I could have completely stopped these two but I coulda made it at least possible I think for Lena to still be part of the picture.))

((Then do it already. XD And Tobias isn't even on Ebinay anymore. He and Bathsheba are about 45,000 feet in the air, moving towards the Siberia-Beringia Border at 0.75 Mach.)0

Jhala looked a little surprised.

"That is not something I expected to hear, coming from a member of the Union. Then again, the Storm Sworder is a headache to Alliance Pilots, not Union Pilots, so i can see why you don't hate them like my comerades do. Just don't go letting certain people hear that. They might think you a spy. Or a defector."

((Blame Rani. She kind of forced him to leave. XD))

"I was aware the Union and the Coalition had an understanding. Not an alliance. I believe there's still skirmishes in Russia near the border of Russian and various Union countries?"

He chuckled.

"You missed it. Sergeant Caymen here got all uppity because Captain Winters was being nice to his sister. So there was an argument and the much nicer Sergeant Caymen pretty much dragged him from the DFAC. And ya know...I don't think he actually was able to eat.

"Which makes you a bad judge of character. What you should do is be that way to people you think are going to abuse your sister. Not to those that show no reason to. Like Captain Winters. Now me, I can understand if it was me in his shoes. I'd actually expect it. But because I'm your enemy, not because i'm that kind of person."

He sighed.

"As I said, treating everyone that comes along like that is not only going to bite you in the a**, but is going to cause a rift to grow between the two of you. SEspecially if she finds a guy she likes enough to hang around long enough. No matter how close family is, a woman will choose the man who stole her heart over her overbearing brother. Or family member period. Believe me, I've seen it happened."

To be more accurate, I've experienced it happen.

"It ain't my faction. I just fight em. Nothing personal. just business. But don't blame Captain WInters. He kind of got dragged out of here. That woman sure can breathe fire."

He saw the look Lena'd directed towards Jarid.

"Miss, just so you know, he's also keeping an eye on me. So it looks like you shall have two escorts. And since you seem to like Zoids so much, perhaps we can show you ours?"