Gore breathed heavily for ten seconds. It was something he was taught by a friend in Slig Barracks, which he took to heart. Well, actually the advice had been along the lines of 'If you're annoyed, shoot what's annoying you. If it's a Glukkon, breathe deep for a few seconds...', but, however much he dearly desired to shoot the rowdy Mudokon, he decided against it.
"OK, Gappiqu, that security will probably be down any moment. We need a story, or something. Reckon that robot knows what's really goin' on? You may be a wanted Slig, but surely not everyone knows yet - Odd, not even Arnie knows yet. But we need out. We could go through to another way out, and if we're asked about it, we could say we were worried backup might not have gotten here in time. That could buy us some time on discovery by Slap. But you're a mechanic, you're better at thinking than me. I'm just a gun with legs..." he added a little extra venom and aimed the comment in the direction of Dionysia, "... with no feelings or anything..." he returned in his normal speech to Gappiqu, "So what do you think? Ultimately, no choice here. Sorry about the backup calling, made it more difficult, but just saying 'No, we're just fine here shooting, thanks' would have sounded off the mark, I had to say something. That reminds me, do you have a map around?"
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