"I wouldn't mean to insult you with it. I'd like to think we're both just passing through here." There was a big difference between making the most of being stuck here and preparing to be here for the rest of you life, after all.

"Yeah, we get on just fine." He seemed like a good person to work for, at the very least. She hadn't managed to see anything apart from that business face yet, but had a lot of respect for it. "He taught me how to play poker earlier."