"Mmm, well, good for you. Smoking's the worst," Lily replied before accepting the sandwich with an appreciative smile. "My favorite, how'd you know? You should put a 'free food' sign up, you'd get more visitors." It was always easier to bond over food or drinks or both, so there was that, plus turkey actually was her favorite kind of sandwich, which was a nice bonus. She took the opportunity to take a bite while Erich spoke, actually quite pleasantly surprised that he was so talkative and...casual. She also found it slightly amusing to be referred to as 'Kiddo' for some reason, probably because in her mind people only used that when speaking to little kids that were like ten years old.<br/><br/>"Well, I wasn't really sure what to expect when I signed up since it<em>is</em>my first mercenary gig, but yeah, I know what you mean." Lily shrugged her shoulders and continued. "But, like I said, I like surprises. Life would be boring without them. Besides, I don't put too much stock into where people come from. I mean, we all ended up in the same place at the same time, so we can't be that different, right?" It was a little bit more complicated than that and she knew it, but the point was that she preferred to form her ideas about people individually after getting to know them rather than judging them by race, social status or whatever else. She could also tell that there wasn't any<em>real</em>harshness behind Erich's words when he called the others rats or snakes, he was just keeping up with his whole 'gruff and grumpy' persona.<br/><br/>"I feel kind of the same way, though, now that you mention it. You'd think the hardest part about this job might actually have something to do with missions or piloting Mechs, but it seems more like it's finding your niche. You've been at this for a good while now from what I've heard, so you must be doing it right. And may I say that you're not nearly as scary as I thought you'd be! That was a compliment, by the way."