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She just wanted one day to herself with Corran. One day of not being professionals, of just being two people on a relaxed day off. And with both of them on temporary medical release, perhaps he could have a caf and she a tea, and just try to piece their lives together post events in the hospital. After all, they had some time now.

But there was one other piece of business that she had to tend to, so she messaged Lorcan as well. After all, he had to be on planet still, and they had much to discuss pending corporate 'takeover' for their next plans. Two birds, one stone.

She sat and waited for both of them, dressed in a modest cream white turtleneck sweater and black slacks, arm still in a sling with a teacup in hand. The day was surprisingly pleasant, even for Coruscant.

What could possibly go wrong?


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Corran was gonna be at the meeting with Doc, he was sure, but he couldn't bring himself to care all that much. Par the course for him these days as it was, he had a feeling that the good cop wasn't going to be quite as smooth about the whole thing as he was. Especially since, technically, this wasn't the first time they'd seen each other since he quit the force but, well, Corran had been a bit busy being blown half to shite at the time.

And he'd been busy stealing his vest.

To be fair, it wasn't like the damned shot up fool had needed it at the time and Lorcan had been busy chasing down Sith. The fact that he hadn't managed to get the satisfaction of gutting the surprisingly fit old man was still something that bugged him more than he'd like to admit.

Hopping out of the speeder (the one he'd stolen from a bartender he'd killed on his way to assassinate someone a couple nights ago), he locked it to avoid it being re-stolen by someone else. Wandering through the side alley to where Doc had told him to meet her, Lorcan puffed on a cigarette and lugged his cargo with him.

Sitting down heavily in a seat across the table from her, he dropped the tattered and bloodied blast best in one of the free seats as he placed his order via the app on his datapad.

"You can tell your boytoy I brought his vest back."


He accepted the espresso from the waiter droid gratefully.

"The blood's his so he can wash it out."



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Walking was starting to feel normal again. After being laid up in the hospital for so long, Corran had practically forgotten how to do it. He'd spent a few days with his mom while she was on-world before teary parting. That kind of loneliness that he'd gotten so adjusted to for so long returned, but it felt wrong this time. Probably because he had friends now. People who actually wanted to talk to him. So when Ilana messaged him to come spend a day with her, he jumped at the chance. Granted, that was any day. Being on medical leave prevented him from digging down into work anyway.

Getting to the specified location took a bit more time than expected. Coruscant was a humongous, crowded world to a kid from Commenor. Luckily the taxi droid knew exactly where the spot was. Or at least the entrance to a side alleyway that led to it. Dressed in casual pants tucked into practical boots, complete with a white tee under the usual jacket (though left open and not tightened up), Corran looked about as casual as he was going to get. Without all the trimmings and rigid movements, he looked like a lost young man in a big city. He even walked his hands tucked into the coat pockets anxiously. When his favorite person came into view, the off-duty ranger waved eagerly and called out to her. "Ilana! Hey!" He tried to smile wide but winced a bit. The scar across his face was still raw and had a bandage in one spot on his nose.

Someone else was there. On approach, the blond youth could only see the back of the other person's head. Male, by the size of him. Brunette. Memory mingled with thought. Why did they seem so familiar? As he drew closer, there was a blood-spattered vest on the table. What exactly was going on here? Corran's vision finally cleared the individual's shoulder to get a good look at their profile. He practically stumbled in shock. "L-L-Lorcan!?" Surprise soon gave way to jubilee. "Lorcan! How? What? Where have you been? It's so good to see you!" Completely forgetting that Ilana was present, the young lieutenant pulled back the third chair and sat next to his old mentor with a pleasantly-surprised grin on his face. Today was shaping up to be a good one.

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She gave a brief, faint smirk at Lorcan's opening conversation, calmly taking a sip of her tea first. "Good to see that you've recovered," she finally responded, setting down the cup. However... she glanced at the cigarette he smoked, and there was the faintest twitch to her lips. However... seeing Corran's expression, her amber eyes softened ever so slightly. He seemed happy to see Lorcan... for now.

She took another sip of her tea, enjoying the subtle flavors, the peaceful calm that settled over her shoulders a soothing warmth. Already, she could feel a subtle thereness from within; but after the events of the hospital, she was happy to sit back and allow the two a bonding moment.

Then she would speak her piece.


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Drinking espresso was usually only something Lorcan engaged in when he really needed a pick-me-up and quick. It was the drink equivalent of getting a quick kick to the balls and a slap to the face before being thrust, screaming, into the day. But the reason he was drinking it right now was because he was dead tired and this was as close to morning as the cityscape of Coruscant ever got.

Light grey rather than black.

Lorcan looked down at himself and patted his chest with an easy-going smirk that looked oddly out of place on his face. He grinned a little bit, replacing the expression with one far more his style.

"Most of my bleeding was on the inside - and that's where the blood is supposed to be."


He enjoyed playing around with medical staff.

And then Corran arrived and he was... well he reminded Lorcan of an excited puppy in all honesty. The kind of enthusiasm that you couldn't help but find rather adorable combined with an innocence that could not be denied. He grinned right up at Corran, cup paused half way to his mouth.

"Oh I've been around, kid."
he joked as he took another sip, "Take a seat, you're making the Doc wait on you and that ain't good for your health. Caught sight of you not long ago but, well, you didn't seem in the mood to chat."

Ha.


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Caught sight of him? But... but when? Glee slowly morphed into slowly dawning bewilderment. The natural rush of joy upon seeing his old mentor after so long began to fade as memories as to why they hadn't seen one another began to surface. A Onderonian dropship taking off. A rookie ranger shouting to the sky, perplexed at his departing friend and mentor. Months of no contact. Even longer of asking around for Lorcan to no avail. Seemingly, the tough man had vanished off the face of the galaxy from the blond youth's perspective. Despite the offer, Corran refused the offer to sit. Defiance wasn't like him. "Saw me? Where? Last I recall seeing you was on Dxun." The tone wasn't accusatory or hostile but increasingly skeptical.

Ilana would sense something bubbling within the young ranger. A cauldron of emotions swirling and boiling. That something was building. Corran stared at Lorcan with a furrowed brow. "I get back from that horrific moon and discover that you resigned. Then I ask after you, search for clues and come up with nothing for it. Poof. You just vanished." The blond youth took step closer to the seated man, but not enough to crowd him or prevent himself from rising. Blue eyes searched Lorcan's face for any type of reaction. Any visible regret, remorse, or indifference. Did he even care?

"I had just about given up, assuming you changed your name and fled to the Corporate Sector or something," the young man admitted, pausing to exhale sharply, "but instead I find you... you... you having morning caf with my girlfriend." An open hand swung wide to gesture at Ilana who so far had been neutral. How did she even know Lorcan anyway? They'd have a talk about that later. Despite all the searching, Corran didn't have an idea how he'd feel when he finally found the former ranger. Now that he was here, that lack of preparation left the fatigued younger man a tinderbox. But one question had been readied. A question that he had been determined to ask if they ever crossed paths again. Another opportunity may never come.

"Why did you quit, Lorcan?" Corran's breath grew shallow and his eyes focused on the other man with singular focus. "Why?"

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She barely suppressed a sigh at Lorcan's comment of making her wait; so the two of them knew each other as better than coworkers. This was interesting. She had mentioned she worked with Lorcan before, surely. She could swear she had. However, she avoided looking at the bloodied blaster vest Lorcan had brought back, instead continuing to sip her tea and listen to Corran as he talked, amber eyes searching his face.

Just in case of anything happening, she lifted her teacup from the table.

However, hearing him call her his girlfriend brought a queer little ache to her chest, and ever so subtly amber eyes warmed, before glancing back at Lorcan.
"I'm sorry," she rasped up quietly. "Lorcan was brought here so we could discuss business interest for MC; had I known it would cause this much trouble, I would have waited." She glanced back at Lorcan, then Corran. The two men couldn't be any different... it was hard to believe they could work together at all. Yet gauging from Corran's reaction, they were at least close coworkers.

Strange, small galaxy indeed.

She took another slow drink, listening patiently. Let them get it out of their systems before business. Then they could discuss plans.


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Ah he knew this was going to happen.

Kid just didn't know when to leave well enough alone - he was too good. Too good to realize that there were some people you were just better off without and Lorcan was one of those types of people. He always had been, even before he had resigned and the young man just hadn't seen it then. Part of him wanted to be nice to the kid because of their old times and part of him wanted to play the jackass so the kid could move on without lingering on an asshat like him.

Either way, he needed a cigarette.

"It's alright Doc - reckon this has been a long time in coming."
he admitted as he lit up, eyeing Corran for a moment before deciding on the truth, "Saw you at Ranger HQ when the Sith attacked. Saw you run in so ran in after you - ended up in a completely different area to you. Found you bleeding surrounded by medics... stole your blast vest cus my armour was compromised and went off to fight a Sith."

He took a pull on his cigarette.

"Your girlfriend could tell you I left because I was trying to look after my mental health and she'd be right. Originally I left because I was killing far too much and I was feeling bothered by it far too little."
he took another draw from the cigarette and exhaled slowly, "Quit that redemption arc bullshit cus I figured out I wasn't cut out for that either."

Lorcan pointed to Corran.

"You? You're true blue. A hero of innocence and ideals poured into a uniform. Me?"
he shrugged and leaned back in his seat, "I was a hired killer for the Rangers and now I'm now I'm just hired muscle. You and me ain't cut from the same cloth kid."

Huh... positively gentle for him.


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Even Ilana's attempt to smooth over the situation couldn't recapture the young ranger's attention. This wasn't about business or that Lorcan and Corran didn't get along. From his perspective, he and Lorcan got along very well, and that his mentor disappeared without a modicum of a reason why. Outpost Blue had been a harrowing experience with constant combat stress and loss of life. The two rangers had engaged with enemies on land and space and came out better for it; all objectives were achieved. No sacrifices were in vain. Then they had survived the Demon Moon together, relying on one another in the monster-infested jungles, despite Jedi and criminals alike. That's when Lorcan disappeared. From ranger service. From Corran's life.

Lorcan was the opposite of the blond youth standing before him. Where Corran was intense, he was nonchalant. Matter of fact. It started at Coruscant and reversed from there. Intensity on the young man's face began to weaken as the blanks in his memory began to be revealed at the fall of headquarters. Oh. So that's where his blast vest went. A quick side-glance at the bloody armor confirmed it. At the time, Corran had been bravely unconscious. In its own way, the story was heartening. Lorcan, the former ranger, had bolted to the defense of headquarters and engaged the Sith. Good news ended there like a speeder slamming into a duracrete wall.

Through a haze of cig smoke, the rough-and-tough ranger confessed to relishing in the gore. In the blood. In the lives they took. Lorcan had quit to get help and found that in the professional aid of Doctor Morata. Corran tilted his head to stare at her for a moment. She would not feel disappointment but understanding. If anyone could help anyone, it would be her. The rest, the blond youth couldn't stomach. Sky blue eyes swung like daggers back to Lorcan's indifferent face. "You're.... you're wrong!" Corran cried in a pained voice.

In one swift move, Corran would attempt to grip Lorcan's collar and hoist him up on his feet; even in smoke blew in his face. Regardless if the young man was too weak to lift or his hands deflected by the experienced killer, it wouldn't stop the justified anguish. "You were there for us! For me! For all the lives you took, the lives you saved equaled the scales!" Corran's face contorted to hold back wet eyes. It wasn't what he had said that hurt. Lorcan had been the exemplar of change in the younger ranger's mind. He had been the measure Corran had used to forgive Ilana for her past. "You're giving up," he declared with that well-known determination, "You're trying to give up and I won't let you!"

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She had to admit, she was slightly surprised at Lorcan's candidness and calmness. Not normally did the Arkanian witness the man be so pragmatic. Corran, however, was less likely to surrender. The cup of tea having finished, she calmly made a second order for a full pot this time, gazing at the two men levelly.

She would bide her time. If things got rougher, she would intervene, but in the interim she waited patiently, letting them... discuss things. As both a licensed therapist and physician, she knew intervention would do little. Let them talk it out. But seeing Corran so upset, it... twinged in her chest some. A hand lightly clenched in her lap, the burned one, bringing a faint grimace of pain to her lips.

Soon, a fresh pot of tea was set by her elbow and she poured, waiting calmly.


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Corran was getting upset and Doc was pouring herself another cup of tea - why did he feel as though he'd walked out onto the set of some reality holonet show about interpersonal relationships enduring crisis? He didn't so much interfere with Corran's grab as he went along with it, rising to his feet and pulling his cigarette out as he went. Blowing the smoke out to the side, he tossed the cigarette away, landing it in his own used espresso cup actually, and faced Corran as he shouted at him.

If he was feeling less charitable he'd call it a rant but, hell, he'd always had a soft spot for the kid. Though calling him, the kid didn't seem to fit anymore - he'd grown more balls since the last time they'd spoken. He might have had the same level of spine when they'd last seen each other but Corran he was busy trying not to bleed out at the time so it was moot.

"Gonna tell you something you're not gonna wanna hear."
he warned Corran, his eyes narrowing, "The scales don't exist. There is no such thing as an acceptable killing - there's just a killing that some wanker in HQ would click a box on a datapad to say it was lawful and how well you deal with that. I deal with killing well because, turns out, I'm kind of a shitty person."

He placed his hands on Corran's shoulders and pushed himself free from the man's grip.

"I accepted that and you're gonna accept it too, kid. The more you think about it, the more you're gonna realize that I'm a karking killer. The more you're gonna realize that the only thing that ever made you think of me as anything more than a serial killer was the fact that we got our cheques from the same place."
he shook his head, "Doesn't matter how many lives I saved, Corran, a killer is a killer and that's a stain that don't come clean from the tears of rescued orphans or whatever."

Lorcan scowled.

"It's a brand that sticks in your soul and stays there."




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The truth hurts. Nobody tells you how. Sometimes it is a slap across the face. A sword to the heart. A dagger to the back. This time it felt like punches. Repeated blows to the body over and over. It wasn't that Corran believed what his ears were hearing - it was that Lorcan saw the world that way. At Outpost Blue, every Sector Ranger had to take a life. It was kill or be killed. They killed. The crucial difference was how lawful it was. The blond ranger jerked his head back in visible recoil of his incredulity. Was Lorcan saying there was no difference between an officer of the law taking a life and actual criminal murder?

Rough hands shoved Corran by the shoulders, both forcing his grip from the other former ranger's collar and forcing his attention back to the man before him. Even though Lorcan was lecturing him, it also felt like he was trying to justify it to himself. Whatever brand, scar, or weight the former ranger was talking about - Corran didn't feel it the same way. He was startled the first time he look a life. The pirate sentry's face was practically a picture in his mind. But nobody made that sentry sign up to fight with pirates. Nobody made them engage law enforcement with lethal intent. Rules of engagement were set and once fired upon, Corran had no choice but to silence the threat. That was the law. The young man took no pleasure or sadness in killing. He hadn't even killed since Outpost Blue. He just didn't feel much at all. It was their duty. He didn't have to think or feel.

"I don't understand all of that, but some of what you say makes sense," the blond youth admitted even if his face remained indignant, "but you're wrong about one critical thing." A single index finger rose to point squarely at Lorcan's chest. "I didn't think well of you just because you wore the badge. You saved my life. More than once. You took risks for others." Corran's lower lip began to twitch. A sign of repressed emotion. "I looked up to you. You were my hero! My friend!" The index finger was followed by all the others extending into a flat palm. The young man swung down like a blade, as if swatting away Lorcan's words. "When you threw away the badge it felt like you were tossing me aside! After all we went through, you could just walk away? Not a word? Nothing?" The open palm became a clenched fist. "You claim you walked away from the bad. But you walked away from the good too. I thought you gave a damn." Skyblue eyes now stared Lorcan down as if they were squaring off at high-noon on some Outer Rim dustball. "I guess I was wrong."


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Perhaps this could escalate, but seeing Corran so genuinely upset made her feel... uneasy. She wanted to soothe his anger, the upset and pain. She also felt... helpless. But she couldn't do much beyond wait for them to settle things between themselves... or act as a buffer if necessary. For now things didn't resort to violence.

However, she doubted it would get that far. It was surprising to see Lorcan with a soft spot.


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The fact that Corran was even accepting some of what he had said was enough to make Lorcan raise an eyebrow in disbelief. Yeah... he didn't believe that for a second. More likely was that Corran was saying he accepted it but was probably trying to interpret it in a better light because that's what he did - tried to make things better. That what he was 'wrong about' was the reason why corran liked him?

Eh he could be forgiven for not being a mind reader, even if he still did think Corran was being so endearingly naive about it. Hard to be objective about yourself and your own emotional responses he supposed.

"I always gave a damn, ki-Corran. Saved my friends and did my job without questioning for a long time. But when I did question it, all I could see was a checklist of dead people."
he shook his head slightly, "The badge meant different things for you and me. For me, the bad started to outweigh the good. For every time I got to save you, I killed at least two guards."

He laughed but it was a hollow sound.

"You remember that time, we were trying to stealth this base and we had that pilot with us? Dragging him across enemy territory?"
he leaned in closer to Corran, staring into his eyes, "Do you remember how many people I cut open? I was dripping in their blood, Corran. Literally dripping. You know what I got told in my debrief after I disclosed it all? What I got told for killing and, on some level, enjoying it?"

Lorcan leaned back.

"Good job."




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How? How could Lorcan be so... wrong? As the former ranger retorted, it all came out twisted. A checklist of dead people. Bad outweighed the good. Corran's dented eyebrows shifted from displaying displeasure or frustration to visible confusion. The law didn't care about 'good' or 'bad.' It was just the law. The ultimate good. The provider of stability and order in the universe. Those who caught themselves on the wrong side of it deserved justice. It just depended on the scale. Pirates killing Sector Rangers knew what they sowed. Where two criminals engaged in combat against law enforcement worth the life of a innocent in exchange? That wasn't for anyone to decide but the law.

Dark laughter heralded a grim tale next. The memory of the two of them capturing the Bolo-class; the only capital ship the Rangers have. How Lorcan slit necks and carved up one brigand straight through the guts. Corran remembered. Lorcan would see that as he stared into his eyes. The senior ranger coated in red, his face smeared in the life-blood of others. Like something out of horror story. It shocked him then. Now he understood it. Some criminals just couldn't be prisoners. Lorcan hadn't done a good job. Only the necessary one.

The blond ranger didn't react immediately. He only stared at the man opposite as cogs clearly turned in his head. Something troubled Lorcan. That's what this was all about. Corran's emotions began shifting from fiery hot to sub-zero. "Excessive force at worst. You know what they did to us out there. It was justice." He raised a finger before Lorcan could reply to that. "If killing in the name of something good, when necessary, bothered you - why did you go private then? You said to get better but you also said to be hired muscle for..." Corran couldn't say it aloud. He merely turned his head to face Ilana. There wasn't any anger with her. She would know it. From his trader years, he knew nothing was personal. It was just business.

Sharp blue eyes turned to stare down Lorcan again. "So which is it? Turning over a new leaf or just stacking up bodies without the guilt?"

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Ilana took another sip of tea, calmly. The brew was decent enough, but they didn't seem to wash things quite enough, as there were other slight hints of flavors from other teas. A pity, because otherwise she would have enjoyed it far more. And yet... both of these men were locked in a debate of greater good. And yet they had to move on, or else they would be here all day.

And then he looked at her. She calmly met his eyes, and nodded once. It was only after his question that she spoke up, her raspy voice calm.

"Yes. I've hired him. I'm sorry for this incident though, darling; if I had known this was to happen, I would have waited until later to speak up. As it is, I need both of you."

That should catch their attention.

"It involves the Hutts."

That should definitely catch either of their attention for sure now. Hopefully. You never could tell with men.


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Excessive force at worst? That was Lorcan's default setting and everyone at the table knew it. If he was excessive then he was never meant to fit in with the Rangers - not when he knew, inside, that he had other depths he would sink to in order to kill his enemies. As much as what Corran was saying made a certain amount of sense, Lorcan knew that he had darker waters that the kid didn't even know existed, let alone spend time in.

Ah the important question and it was one that they had been dancing around for awhile now. Stepping away wasn't what Corran had the issue with, not really - it was the fact that he had stayed away. He had stayed away and he was moving on in a direction that Corran could not agree with.

"Bit of both."
he admitted in the end, "Can't get decent mental health help on a Ranger's salary, Corran. So I'm striking out on my own and I'll keep doing what I did before but I'll make bank."

He shrugged once.

"I'll make peace with it when I can afford to spend the credits on it."


Of course Doc wanted them to stop the conversation where it was - they could probably keep going for hours and that wasn't including any potential punch ups that might happen in the mean time. So she brought up a mission that had a target they both could get behind. Corran because of the unlawful nature of most of their businesses and Lorcan? Well Lorcan was going to get paid and he had a personally bad history with Hutts and their go-betweens.

"What's the job, boss?"



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It was that simple then. Lorcan gave up a life of duty and justice for money and indulgence in brutality. He just fooled himself with some goal that might as well be on the other side of the galaxy. There was never enough credits to satisfy what he was after. This is what happens to people without ideology or believes. They surrender virtue to temporary, fleeting desires. Stunted. Decaying. Corran balled and released his hands. His jaw looked as if it was crushing stone. His former mentor didn't have to go down this path. It wouldn't end well - the blond ranger could already see that. Lorcan was too stubborn. A chance to be better hung by a thread but it yet remained. Would he take it or would Corran have to make him? Knuckles turned white as the young man clenched his fists.

Ilana put the issue to rest with a word. No, not darling. Though that helped. Hutts. There were few organizations that spread more unlawful misery in the galaxy than the Hutts. Slavers, killers, and decadents. Did she have information on their operations?Sky-blue eyes glanced between Lorcan and Ilana. With a audible sigh through the nose, the Sector Ranger turned away from facing down the other man and took a seat at the outdoor table. His attempt to rescue a wayward friend would have to wait. Besides, a mutual enemy might help Lorcan see the light.

Tension eased out of the air along with Corran's shoulders. Being near Doctor Morata helped with that. She had a soothing aura that he couldn't resist. Not that he got riled up often, mind you. As much as the blond youth wanted to taken in the Arkanian's presence, this was business now. He represented the Sector Rangers in some official capacity if there was something to be done against Hutt operations. Sitting upright and shoulders squared in the disciplined style, the young ranger gave a polite nod to the woman seated nearby, "How can the Sector Rangers be of service, Doctor?"

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The alpha display was pretty sexy, she wasn't going to lie. Setting the cup down delicately on its' saucer, she stared at both men before tilting her head once. "As I have briefed Lorcan before, there is a former Separatist colony on Terminus. The Hutts have a laboratory of sorts maintained there; a former associate of mine and I once obtained information from a chief of specialists there a year ago. I want to scout this site, and see if it is still active."

She paused, glancing first at Corran, then Lorcan, her voice low, calm.
"If it is still active, I would like to form a strike team with the Sector Rangers and MorataCorp to obtain plausible information regarding this virus that seems to zombify its' victims; any data found will be shared jointly, however, I would like to request claimant on the former laboratory in the name of MC to begin proper research into this plague."

She was frank, honest even, glancing at Corran now while she spoke.


"If those terms are agreeable?"


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His conversation with Corran was over for now and they both knew it - Doc needed them to focus up and so they both did so for different reasons. Corran because of some love-type emotions and Lorcan because she was paying him. Settling down to hear the briefing, Lorcan tuned out the first bit because, as she said, he had already been briefed on it. It wasn't a big brief but it was enough to be getting on with.

Hmm.

Lorcan eyed both Doc and Corran for a moment at the end before deciding to speak up. He didn't want to start a fight between the love birds but there were so issues with the plan as far as he was aware of.

"Ranger protocol says they'd need to confiscate the equipment used to house and/or make the virus in question; where at all possible, of course."


He raised an eyebrow at Corran.

"Might be that protocol has changed since I left... how about it Corran? Going to be able to leave Doc her toys or is she just getting a shell of a building?"


Because Doc could get a shell building... literally anywhere in the Galaxy for almost no credits. The whole purpose of such a potentially dangerous mission hinged on there being something more about the site.


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