Toshimi simply stared at the AI before her while she explained in great detail just what would happen if she were to jettison Alice's core into the nearest sun.<span style="color: #ff0080"> "I am aware of just how horrible a fate it would be... that's why I chose it. It was the worst thing that i could think to do to you if you betray me. And before you do the calculation on my chances of succeeding, figure out the chances of surviving taking a blaster bolt center mass at close range, crawling ten miles to a settlement, surviving surgery, Hunting Ridgian Maulers</span>(Think bear with an exoskeleton)<span style="color: #ff0080">for enough money to get off the god forsaken rock you were stranded on and then having to work your way through every shitbag, backwater station , planet and colony until you found a trail. and after all of that bullshit, having to work your way across the entire galaxy just to get here."</span>She paused, taking a moment for effect.<span style="color: #ff0080">"If you cross me, no power in the universe will save you from me. No matter what the odds are I will get my vengeance. If you are even thinking about stopping me, best you just stand aside."</span><br/><br/><br/>That after her tirade Alice simply continued on was frustrating. That she pointed out the interesting predicament of her status and the issues that presented was so much worse. the mention of being in cuffs again made Toshimi bite her lips at the way her mind just dove into the gutter. it had been a long -long- time since she had any intimacy and since she had seen Cain, all those desires had come back strong.<span style="color: #ff0080"> "Well you are not wrong there Rusty, Inviere was a coward."</span>Her fingers scratched at the itchy scar in annoyance. When Alice took her arm gently, Toshimi's spots flickered a pretty shade of violet for a moment. Toshimi cleared her throat softly before she spoke.<span style="color: #ff0080">"Well that is the question isn't it? I know what use you are offering me, but just exactly what do you want in return?"</span><br/><br/><br/>She snorted at one of Alice's comments.<span style="color: #ff0080"> "Ya, Ai's don't lie but the really smart ones learn her to tell half-truths. Phrasing is a really important thing. So what do you want from me?"</span>Toshimi grit her teeth when Alice simply kept on without answering the question.<span style="color: #ff0080"> "And how are you proposing to fix my broken heart Sparky?"</span>Despite jokes about it, Toshimi missed the implication, she was still so focused on her suspicions about Alice's motivations for helping her.<span style="color: #ff0080">"You'd need to reserve the hangar bay? What the hell is your other chassis Rusty, a tank?"</span>Waiting on her answers, she had little choice but to walk where the AI guided. She needed her help to get to Maggie and then to Cain, so she would play along. At least until she got what she needed. After that the whole sun plan was still an option.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>