there is always hope
"Hey - you were a girl and I saw you in a tree. Could be worse, you could have been Poking-Tongue-Out-Girl," Ronin points out with a shrug. "Shame you didn't make it up there first - I'd have liked to know what was at the top, after I was knocked out by a bauble," he says, careful to correct her with a smirk and a bounce of his eyebrows. She agrees to play and he shuffles the deck one last time, lifting the bottle of rum and raising it in thanks. "Blackjack," he says regarding the game, dealing them each two cards onto the sand between them.
He takes a drink while he considers the weird guy at Jata's wedding reception, the Star wrinkling his nose. "Was his name Kane?" he wonders suddenly. "Oh - I'm Ronin, by the way. Nice to meet you in person, Madam Tree." Ronin tilts his head at her, as if asking whether or not that was better.
He takes a drink while he considers the weird guy at Jata's wedding reception, the Star wrinkling his nose. "Was his name Kane?" he wonders suddenly. "Oh - I'm Ronin, by the way. Nice to meet you in person, Madam Tree." Ronin tilts his head at her, as if asking whether or not that was better.
