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[badge_177]

-to work... [A man is speaking, muttering gruffly. He's accompanied by a thump, as if someone hit his terminal (that would be because he did). For a few moments afterwards, there is silence, ended by a somewhat satisfied grunt.]

So, we're supposed to use these things to talk to each other? [From his tone, it's clear that he considers this a dubious idea at best.]

[There's a hint of shifting cloth, the creak of a chair, but the silence is shorter this time.] Right, then can anyone tell me where to buy decent cigars?

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audio;

[badge_177]

What kind of tips do you mean, Mr. Barnes?

audio;

[trainwrecked]

Sergeant Barnes, actually. Or just Bucky.

And - when I came here, I didn't know about the consoles, either. So I had to learn from scratch on them. So if you want to learn from somebody that started the same place as you, I'm offerin'.

audio;

[badge_177]

And what do you get out of this, Sergeant?

[He sounds less hostile and more simply interested.]

audio;

[trainwrecked]

The knowledge that I've done something useful?

I mean, people helped me out when I first came here. Thought I'd pay that forward.