<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk59/Untamed_skies/bdcf3531-746f-4fc9-9b81-35e51e2eba18_zpsc75e54da.jpg) (http://s277.photobucket.com/user/Untamed_skies/media/bdcf3531-746f-4fc9-9b81-35e51e2eba18_zpsc75e54da.jpg.html)[</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Reid Lawson<br/><strong>Faction:</strong>none<br/><strong>Date:</strong>May 11, 1877<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>afternoon.<br/><strong>Location:</strong>A table near the bar inside Babel's Tower<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Lilah, noticing Walter and Letty<br/><hr/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>It always seemed when you were listenin' for something you wanted it never happened that way. Aside from the usual loud mouths the talk was just talking bout how great the free drinks were. Course it was early, and even the lightest of drinkers would find it hard to be drunk just yet. There were only a few familiar faces filling in around the bar. A real mean looking fella, the type he'd not be surprised to find his brother was associating with. Not the friendly type of association either, the type of associating that ended with a brawl, and usually a lot of work cause Dale couldn't keep his fool mouth shut. There was a equally broodin Mexican woman at the bar as well. She was one Reid had seen here and there. When your skills were shootin a gun and working on a ranch you had a habit of running into other ranchers when you were working. If he recalled correctly she was a prideful little thing, thought she was as strong as a ox too. He had decided then, and believed still it was best just to let her be.<br/><br/>It was the kind of thing you needed to be patient with, if you expected to overhear something important right away you'd be in for a long night. Opportunity was illusive kind of thing. You needed to have some sense to recognize it. Course opportunity wasn't always so illusive, and opportunity wasn't always what you were expecting it'd be. It'd be right about then he was suddenly visited by a rather pretty asain girl. Friendly too she didn't waste any time revealing. "You'll find I ain't real inhospitable," he replied with a friendly smile in return. He'd chuckle as she spoke about drinking alone being pathetic. "Suppose you might just have a point there Miss," he said with a nod. If he was honest, he could admit he couldn't consider any of the drunks he'd seen drinkin' alone to be the type of man he'd considered successful. Course, then again, he wasn't getting drunk by himself either. He was taking a table and waiting for opportunity to come a'knocking his way. "Course pathetic as it may be, now that you've seen fit ta share a seat with me, I reckon now that you're here, there may be a few men who hope they look so pathetic," he said, hoping to pay her a compliment as he spoke. He hadn't taken the slightest bit offense to her comments, course they weren't necessarily aimed at him anyway.<br/><br/>He'd set his drink on the table and sit in a more gentlemanly manner as he regarded her. "The names Reid Lawson," he said extending his hand for her to take. "It's a pleasure ta make your acquaintance Miss," he said pausing and trailing off hoping to get the name of his sudden acquaintance. The smile never leaving his face as he pulled his hand away after they shook hands. "So what brings a lady like yourself here," he asked. "If you don't mind me askin," he added after a moment. Some folks didn't like other folks that were nosy, but it seemed as easy a conversation topic as any to start with. Though truth be told he hoped she hadn't heard of the Lawson Boys yet. It hadn't been a long introduction, but Reid found he believed that the girl was certainly the friendly sort. Trouble was when they heard he was a Lawson that friendly smile became decidedly less friendly. Those things happened when your oldest brother was a drunk and a cheat. Reid did his best to make things even, but you cheat enough people, and get into enough fights the reputation typically didn't recover after you made things even for what musta been a hundred times. While Reid couldn't be certain who the woman really was or if she was just being friendly before she demanded money Dale owed her, he could be certain he was looking forward to enjoying friendly company for a change.