Cortez smirked at Baromir and barked out a short laugh. "It certainly made the departure more interesting though."<br/><br/>Turning to great Delila with a nod as she approached, "You don't really think I wasn't careful about that, do you? There's been plenty of practice and I<em>do</em>have a slight sense of caution." To put it mildly, he slept with an active rosarius and his quarters while lavish almost entirely consisted of slabs of ceramite and plasteel covered with wooden exteriors.<br/><br/>Grinning sardonically at Delila as she was accosted by Torvan, Cortez debated stepping in when he noticed a figure heading straight for him out of the corner of his eye.