[The mental equivalent of a chuckle vibrates across the mental link between Mai and Xiaolung as they continue onward.]
I wouldn't have dropped the line if I didn't want you following up on it. I pay the bills as a private investigator/troubleshooter in Noctis-Qianjiao, when other obligations don't pull me elsewhere. [Accompanying this are glimpses of memory, showing a glimpse of the domes and souks of a Martian city, and the odd situations and hazards that come with a career of poking one's nose where some people don't want it to be.]
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I wouldn't have dropped the line if I didn't want you following up on it. I pay the bills as a private investigator/troubleshooter in Noctis-Qianjiao, when other obligations don't pull me elsewhere. [Accompanying this are glimpses of memory, showing a glimpse of the domes and souks of a Martian city, and the odd situations and hazards that come with a career of poking one's nose where some people don't want it to be.]