River, aka Brooke, continued to smile. It had been a good day so far. She was fairly certain she would be able to find her way back to the others. Or at least the ship. But she wasn't willing to end her sojourn just yet. Willie Howlett was one of the most intriguing characters she'd met in a very long time.<br/><br/>She glanced down at the hand he offered, eyes widening. Over the past couple years, she'd come to realize a lot of things about the Border Planets. Handshakes had quite a bit more significance there. Even more interesting, the way he held his hand was definitely not from the frontier.<br/><br/>Even more intrigued, she slowly took the hand, laying her fingers over it in the proper fashion of a handshake between a lady and a gentleman. "Nice to meet you," she said sincerely. Slowly she reclaimed her hands, letting her fingers trail over her skin.<br/><br/>"So have you been here long?" she asked. It was a safer question than what he was doing there. Paiout did have a certain charm. There was an edge to it that appealed to her. And there was something about Willie too...