Hoshiko inhaled and exhaled slowly, carefully controlling her breath as the tense situation seemed to pass with the great lizard lumbering away toward the jungle. She didn't take her eyes off it for a second though- not yet. Mentally repeating everything that had been said, she smiled faintly. The young human woman ought to have known that any of them having money on their person was unlikely, certainly Hoshiko had none, anyway. Despite having lived a deceptively long life, Hoshiko had had little opportunity to engage in lewd behaviours, and as such was still a maiden; she was certainly not about to sell her first erotic encounter to some grungy mercenary-girl for help in a fight.<br/><br/>"I don't know, personally I'd be rather curious to meet the person who kept such things as pets. For now though, I think a better priority would be to see if anyone else is alive, and if there's anything we can salvage from the ship's cargo."