[cmdR_Paige]

Originally Posted by Bumblebee

"A steak. How come?" Chris asked. He had put his menu down, and waited for the waitress to come back. He stared into Skye's jade eyes, careful not to get entranced in them. He wondered what Amber was doing right now. This date is going good. This date is going good.

Pavel let out a small laugh at Beck. "Politics? On what your, third date with a inferior commander? Tch." Pavel scoffed at Beck and Paige.

Skye shrugged. "I've never gone out to eat like this," she admitted. "Is that weird?" She scanned the print again, then gave up after reading the umpteenth variation of a combo meal. "I'll have that too, then."

Originally Posted by Beck

(he's TRYING, okay?)

Beck noticed Pavel off to one side of the diner and lowered his voice. "So... you know how you guys have so may soldiers deployed in Argon? What if the Renegade was distracting you from other crimes? Purgos is full of corruption like that."

"Pavel, use your mouth for eating, not for talking," Paige growled, rolling her eyes. She hated having to quote Tesler to him in public; he should know better. Then again, it was Pavel she was dealing with. "The reason we have so many soldiers focused on the task of hunting the Renegade is because of the possibility of an uprising. We don't want other programs joining his side, because it could hypothetically lead to a civil war. And for the record, I don't remember asking for your advice." She was less irritated with Beck, if she was honest, but the edge was still there when she spoke with him.