Nancy
*A light smirk crossed the Silnari's face. At the very least, it seemed she was willing to talk enough for introduction. He'd consider that progress enough with how she initially entered. Though hidden behind the mask of a hog, his gaze never shifted away from her in him idly reading whatever expression she gave off. The small detail in the way she turned away yet not enough to completely deter a notice of her snake-like traits. She was either viperish in personality or not quite what she appeared, but anyone could easily assumed that. There were plenty of races with the ability to disguise oneself, but he carried on all the same as she reverted a question back to him.*

"Business here mainly."*He answered in a more silky tone despite the natural gruffness of his voice.*"I travel a lot as is, though I don't take mercenary jobs as much as I used to."*He tilted his head back a bit before continuing.*"Been doing my own work. I came to learn it brings greater yield than having to put up with requests from bad hirers."*At that last part, he paused. Maybe out of realization of irony or simply waiting for her own response, but after a short moment of silence, a chuckle had escaped him.*"Consider it a preference I suppose. Everyone is out here making money in the best way they know how."
Shaun
Once again Astarte asked for a refill on her now empty mug, a strong dark stout-like beer being poured into the container before it was returned. "You want anything?" She offered after seeing he was without a drink. Since he just didn't want to make fun of her mistakes it was the least she could do in exchange for the conversation.

The irony of course did not go unnoticed by the Naga. "I don't have the time nor the knowledge to get my own contracts. It is most of the time easier to just let someone take a cut in exchange for saving you all of that job searching... Other times well, you can see how that goes. Not that I need to tell you since you already do your own jobs." After a small pause a small exhausted chuckle escaped her. "Yeah I too would prefer that."

"I guess it's been going great for you then? No need to worry about bad jobs or anything. Sounds like a dream." Her gaze remained on the man after she finished her second question, taking a small sip of the beer unlike the last two. By now she thought the pain would eventually fade with how much she drank, not that it was the only thing that loosened either.
Nancy
"No, no I'm fine."*He said modestly, waving off her offer of a drink. He's had enough already with how hot it was outside. Now he simple passed the day by keeping out of the sun. Terrel listened to her reasonings for going about things through doing work for others. It was understandable enough. After all it took a lot of money to be able to both sustain yourself and the adventures you decided to go on for the sake of it. There was a time when he was still doing work for others, though by now he had built up enough wealth to simply work for himself.

Soon enough, he found himself being asked about it to which he quickly tried to shake his head as if in denial of it being so great.*"Oh no, it's not that great. Well... Maybe a little."*He said, laughing it off in him being unable to hide the positives in it.*"I can't say that the risks are any less harsh venturing off on your own jobs, but it's a lot easier to get tasks done when you know what you're getting yourself into and who you're working with."*He explained. For a brief moment, he shifted his gaze off for a bit, glancing out the window before he refocused on her.*"Of course, things can always go wrong. Never know when you may be after the same thing as someone else and that's a whole different conflict to put up with, but hey, get to be your own boss for a while."*He grinned at the statement, shrugging a bit.*"Anyone can get there if they work their way up, but I've seen a lot of people fall off in their adventures for the sake of not being cut out for it. Guess it's really up to you at the end of the day. Whatever it is that you really want."
Shaun
"Alright..." The naga was puzzled by the decline of her offer, were it her she would have accepted almost immediately. It's a free fucking drink dammit. In spite of this she respected the man's wishes and did not insist.

Astarte looked at the man with suspicion as he said it was not that great, though quickly stopped as soon as he went on about the benefits. She listened intently as he listed off the benefits of working for yourself, mostly the freedom and also the higher risks and rewards you could get. It did sound like the perfect job for her were it not for a small thing that you needed for it to work, a goal.

The glance the man gave the window made her also turn to check what it was that he looked at before she returned her gaze to him, she pondered his last sentence. *'What do I really want?'* It was a very hard question, only made harder by the ethanol fogging up her thoughts and not allowing her to properly focus on it, not that she would be able to answer even when sober anyway. Instead, she returned the implicit question to the man, perhaps she could gain insight into the query by hearing someone else try to answer it: "And, what is that thing that you are really after?"
Nancy
*Terrel considered the question, tilting his head back in thought of the times he's been asked this before with few answers to give back.*"Adventure, I suppose."*He said with a light shrug. It was hard to know what one truly wanted by day's end, though Terrel couldn't deny the fun he's had living in the moment.*

"Sometimes I like to see what new challenge the world tries to provide, see how I fair against it y'know."*He said nonspecifically.*"Of course, the whole nearly getting killed by my own co-workers thing got boring after a while, so I've been off doing my own work. With people I can trust nonetheless. And I have seen so many things just doing that alone. It's a nice little surprise going out everyday not knowing what you'll encounter. Just a sense of power out there in conquering those challenges. Even more so in coming back alive when most wouldn't expect you too."

*He scratched the back of his head idly, realizing he was rambling. It seemed that she was intent enough in listening, so he figured that a sign of continuing.*"I guess it's alright to not know what you want to do now, but finding stuff to enjoy present day is good enough to find a goal eventually. I discover new ones all the time. Even if they're short lived."