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[squint]

Looking for a chemist with the ability to reverse engineer a formula.


--Mr Charles

[ Guess who's at his normal cafe in the earth sector? That's right, Cobb is sipping his tea quietly while he scours the network for someone that can manage to take the somnacin formula and give the team more. If they could work the PASIV... ]

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[suoxi]

A strange, ambiguous request to be made anonymously.

perma-anon text

[squint]

[ Oh, Inara. It's been a very long time since Cobb's felt a flutter of happiness at seeing someone's face and then the sudden realization that Inara just might be prying her nose into a side of Cobb he doesn't want her to see.

..Wait, why does it even matter? He blinks rapidly for a few moments, clearing his confused head, before typing back: ]

Didn't want to go into specifics where just anyone could see it.

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[suoxi]

I can certainly understand that, Mr. Charles.
[ does she ever. ]

Sometimes there is a need for caution.

[squint]

Even for a girl such as yourself?

[suoxi]

Certainly. I find it prudent to always err on that side.

[ Inara has cause to always be a cautious sort. ]

[squint]

Smart of you. You need to take care of yourself. [ Especially at your line of work. ]

[suoxi]

I think we all need to have caution these days. Still...

[ she pauses. ]

It is nice, I think, to be able to have faith in a person, and trust them. [ even if that's a hard thing to do. ]

[squint]

[ He doesn't respond right away--can't really, temporarily wrapped up in his own guilt for a few moments. ]

Pretty sad that I can only trust someone I'm potentially paying, huh?

[suoxi]

Not so much sad as it is disappointing. I would like to think there is at least one person out there in whom I could place my faith.

[squint]

That's it--that's the problem. There's a fine like between optimism and cynicism about this. [ But-- ]

Heh--sorry, I'm trying to be a little less pessimistic lately. It's not working.

[suoxi]

Has anything specific happened to garner mistrust towards the population? Or are you simply a cautious man in general, Mr. Charles?

[squint]

It pays to be cautious in my line of work.

[suoxi]

Which would be...?

[squint]

I'm not at liberty to say.

[suoxi]

Very secretive, Mr. Charles. I know a dismissal when I see one.