That the AI did not take the bait and keep their witty banter going was more than a slight disappointment to Toshimi. Maybe they were not destined to be the best of friends after all. Her tentacles flickered slightly  and she sighed, looking at the female medic and back to Alice. No fucking sense of humour at all. Although, the fact that if Toshimi went over to the medic and said 'boo!' She would most likely piss herself. It's a shame that she was still raging at Cain. This is exactly the sort of thing that they used to bet on.  It took all of the alien's restraint to not vent her rage on the medic and instead take point heading into the kitchen. The staff looked like they were going to speak up but the look on Toshimi's face seemed to convey what a terrible idea that would be.<br/><br/>Toshimi heard the words from Cain and even though she was sure that it was just her making a comment to downplay her obvious panic it was still like a sledgehammer to the gut. The muscles in her jaw twitched and flexed with the grinding of her teeth as she fought and failed to force the memory out of her head.<br/><br/>They had gone to their spot. A quiet little backwater planet with nothing of interest to anyone. Just a place where things were peaceful. Good air,  a small trading outpost and most importantly not a soul that gave a shit who you were out in the universe. A place unburdened by inquiry where they could stop watching their back and just be. They always talked about retiring from the life of crime and just living out there days simply. As if their type got to have that dream... Or got to die old and peaceful. Cain had taken time off and drug Toshimi away from taking a new contract saying that they needed time away.<br/><br/>Looking back, Toshimi knew that she should have realized that Cain was acting distant and withdrawn. They'd landed the shuttle at the little section of land they had bought through dummy corporations and subsidiaries that even the Ethorians did not have a clue were linked to Cain. Their little piece of paradise. Her lip pulled back into a snarl, remembering the softly spoken "I'm sorry" an then the searing pain blossoming in her chest. she remembered the feel of damp grass and the coppery taste of blood in her mouth. Cain had forgotten that Toshimi's species had their hearts on the opposite side of the chest that humans did. So instead of dying in seconds, she had crawled miles to find help with a punctured lung and broken ribs. Fucking coward had not even come over to make sure she was dead. Well, she would make damn sure that little Miss Cain regretted that with every fibre of her being. That kiss in the bar did -not- mean shit... The bitch was just desperate.<br/><br/>Snapping back to reality she realized that she was lagging behind the group and was about to hurry to catch up before she decided to hang back. The second that she knew Li Li was safely at the Fed medical centre she would slip away to regroup and then she would make Inviere Cain pay and all the heavens help anyone that got in her way.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>