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Lio walked into another tavern in town, wanting to clear his head. He was having rotten luck in this town so far.

Lio took the opportunity to set off once again. There had to be someone else worth stealing from in this town.

Lio cursed silently, and began backing away....straight into a centuar.

Mal headed to the ramp and began walking out. He smiled as he saw Alex's disc reader. "He's still listening to that." He commented to Zoe. "At least he's got headphones this time. Remember the speakers?" They both smiled as they remembered when, during the war, someone had accidently turned them all the way up while they were off. They walked up to Alex. "Alex, nice to see you again." Said Zoe, still smiling. "What you been up to?" Asked Mal.

Lio froze around the corner where Reaper and the others were talking. High elves usually carried out valuable things, but stealing from someone Reaper had just saved while they were still with him was not wise. Still, he needed something else before he could get out of town. He'd have to wait.

Mal guided the ship to land at the docks where they'd agreed to meet Alex. Thankfully the docks were public, and didn't require ships to identify themselves. He landed carefully if a little roughly. He still hadn't mastered flying. He turned in time to see Amanda there. "You all patched up?"

*Gabrien nodded, taking the somber news.* Gabrien: How accurate are these prophecies.

"Well, for one thing, it looks like the alliance is still after us." He grinned slightly. "And I decided this planet wasn't that comfortable anways, the weather's too hot and humid." When Jayne came in he answered. "We're meeting Alex." He grimaced "See if he still wants the job with the newly-acquired risks."

*Matt grabbed his saber*

The man searched his pockets again, then frowned, trying to remember who could've taken the map. He remembered checking that he had it before entering the town. From there he hadn't encountered anyone until..... "It was a halfling....." he said, incredulous that someone of that species had the nerve to try to pull that off.

"Nice to hear your predictions are good as ever. Now we've got to pick up Alex.....and hope the Alliance doesn't find us along the way."

Mal was in the other pilot's seat helping River. "We need to lose them, and fast."

"Of course." The man reached into his coat.....and paled. "It.....it's been stolen!" He said.