Laura? Nice. I could say I wish we met under better circumstances, but as far as those go? I'd say this time could be worse.

[River won't read into things that are hidden to him, but whatever's on the surface is enough to be reminded of certain people. Let's just say this isn't his first rodeo when it comes to guarded and distrustful young women. And so that's never bothered him, but then again, not a lot seems to.]

You hungry? [Not that he could see that, but it's an educated guess based on everyone's status of being new fluxdrifts with little capital.]

I dunno about you, but I could shovel down two Double-Doubles... Oh, that's just a double cheeseburger where I'm from. But tell you what, if I find some dried noodles, green onions, and soy sauce, I bet I can whip up something simple, but good. Hell, we'll throw in the peanut butter to boot.

[Good ol' California.]

[He sure does talk a lot, doesn't he?]