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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 6345904" data-attributes="member: 21938">"Okay," says Shem, "but we'll need to enter seperately - maybe the Captain with me, then Hang with Blue, then Mal. And we don't know each other. But stick closely in case it kicks off." He looks up at the larger men. "You can do what you do so well."By the time Mal enters the dive bar, Shem is talking to the red talon and buying drinks at the bar. You can more or less hear what's being said, at the moment just bland pleasantries and Shem's usual blather. Eventually, several shots of jinka rum down the line, Shem brings up the tattoo, and the man goes cagey."What's it to you?" he asks."Nothing, nothing," says Shem quickly. "I didn't mean to cause offence, hey, we're all friends here, right? Only I've got some friends want to travel through the Tuuma Strait and I heard that someone with a mark like that might know how to get through it safely, if you catch my drift."The red talon narrows his eyes. "Who are these friends?" he asks."Erm...," says Shem. He almost looks around to Mal, but Ying steps up instead."The ship's called the Shadow Lark," he says."Cargo?""Just passengers, nothing of value."There is a long pause whilst the red talon sizes up Ying and Shem."Someone will come to you," he says. He gestures with a nod towards the door. "Reckon it's time for you to leave now, friend."</blockquote>