"Ridiculous!?" Drak wanted to act cool, he wanted to let her vent, but she was digging her talons and squeezing. His knuckles squeezed white onto his blaster. "You know what, I haven't exactly lived a perfect life! I never got married or lived a life of privilege! I got shoved aside like some stray Wriggler after all the good I did for this planet!" He had dealt with many things, especially since the empire took over the Coruscant Security jobs and he was left with patrolling the slums. He was given very little to do with his investigative skills, at a very little pay. Occasionally he was given a smuggler or petty theft case as a consolation prize, but only because he was deemed the best. His friends didn't fare so well, and many of them left, or even spied for the rebellion, getting caught in the process. Then there was the death of his mother...<br/><br/>Regardless, Meena was venting about her time at Kessel. He felt no sympathy. "You're a smuggler, a con artist, a thief, what the Kriff did you expect would happen!? You think living a criminal life is really a life!? Because listen hun, sooner or later you get caught. I'm not sure how you got out of Kessel, but if I find you conning again I'm going to send you-" He stopped himself, he was just making it worse and he knew it. His blood was boiling, and she wasn't making it any easier. He thought of his brother, his mission and how he needed her on his side.<br/><br/>"I said leave!" Meena finally screamed at him.<br/><br/>He took a moment and she walked onto the ramp. "Wait!" he screamed back. "Wait," he then said softer as if trying to defuse the situation. "I need your help. My brother was captured. I need-" she didn't seem to want to listen. He hated this, and didn't like the idea of spending time in a tin can with someone so volatile.<span style="font-style: italic">I need to do this,</span>he told himself. He realized there was only one option left, speaking the second universal language to Basic. "I'll pay! 7000 credits!" he finally let out, hoping it would get her to stop.