#instaurat

          ❝ Okay, but in my defense, I was NOT expecting to nearly hit another ship.               I SWERVED.      Scraped a hill, but would it have been any better if I had               hit THEM? ❞

     He was getting TIRED of this girl. Her know-it-all attitude rubbed him the WRONG      way and the way she spoke as if he treated  HIS  ship like a piece of garbage was      INSULTING.   Arms remained crossed as he watched the girl look over his ship, a      sigh escaping his lips    . People insisted she was the BEST. And BEST of all, that      she wouldn’t ask many questions.

     Teeth clenched tightly together,    gaze looking back towards his PATHETIC ship,      pieces of metal now hanging off. He couldn’t afford to be GROUNDED.   As much      as it PAINED him to say it, he needed her.

          ❝ Look-- can you fix her or not? ❞

                  MAZ KANATA knows the faces of almost all that walk through her doors. it’s something that most of the patrons try to shy away from : from people recognizing them. but she has been in this business for too long -–– both on this side of the bar and the other –––- to just allow the shady faces pass by without her knowing some piece of their story. every now and then she gets surprised, doesn’t know something about someone that walks through, but it doesn’t last long. she always figures them out.

                  raven’s been here before though, and maz kanata knows her deal. she knows the stories that follow this girl, and that most people don’t even notice it when she’s around until it’s too late. more of a whisper of a shadow than a real person sometimes, maz kanata likes her. respects her, even. and when you have the respect of the proprietor slash space pirate, some avenues you have to go down can be a bit easier.

                  regarding the other, maz kanata takes her own stool to get closer and adjusts her goggles to focus almost entirely on her. there’s a small smile on her face.

       ‘ what are you doing, here? ‘ her voice was stern, her tone HARD. she couldn’t understand why raven, in the condition she was in ( heda took major notice to her leg brace ) was anywhere NEAR herself and the grounders.