"Ro already, huh?" she echoes, the corner of her mouth quirking in a wry smirk.

"That's another thing we need to talk about. What you want and what you don't want in a pairing. Like, what you actually want and don't want. What you need. I have another contract but he's been here a lot longer, he has all his own assets, I'm just a name on a paper. I have some resources now. I can swing another contract that's a little more equal."