Date: May 3025<br/>Location: Siege Perilous: Aboard the Cobblestone Road<br/>Tagging: Kurumi Tatsu Kurita<br/>Content: The Scenic Route<br/><br/>Cavanaugh grinned.  "Perhaps I just enjoy the company of beautiful, powerful women.  I have no doubt that you do not need my protection from those in the passenger compartment and I'm not going to protect them from you."  He shrugged.  "I agree that friendship and trust are built over time but there also has to be a kernel of self interest for things to start.  What I have that you might need or want remains to be seen.  On the other hand, there aren't many that don't want something from you.  You can't satisfy everyone and you have no need to satisfy any of them to begin with.  So, the way I see it is this; the only thing I have that you do not is knowledge of this planet.  That advantage is time sensitive.  The longer it goes unused, the less value it has.  So, the choice is yours.  Do you take advantage of an opportunity with no idea what my motive is or do we just enjoy a pleasant conversation and a nice flight?"<br/><br/>