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Hey, so I decided to give this place...the Cat's Eye... a try tonight...

(He frowns slightly at first and it might sound in his voice.)

More like I'm supposed to be meeting this guy here...and either I'm early or he's running late. Or he's some sort of crazy ninja and in that case I totally need to learn these skills...

Ah, yeah, if anyone sees my evil twin running around and he's on his way or something - tell him to hurry it up, alright? (A joke. Just not funny. At all.) I shouldn't be the responsible one here.

(Mark stretches and leans slightly back in his seat, the chair can be heard in the background if one listened closely enough. Obviously he is more than slightly bored at this bored. He's never been much of sitting idle kind of guy - not that he's not willing to do so if something is important enough.)

Anyway, why I'm here isn't important, well to anyone but me and the evil twin....but, anyone want to come hang out tonight...I'm buyin' the drinks this time.

Just don't get used to the idea. I'm not a pushover.

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Hey, man... this is the right place, isn't it? You said at 7? Or did I mess that up. Anyway, if you're here tell me where you're sitting and I'll just switch tables or something.

And, man, if you're here...what kind of ninja training can you give me?

(Mark just thinks he's hilarious and he laughs and grins from behind the audio feed.)

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Yeah, I suppose so. (A pause. NOW he remembers his usual antics during training and he might smile sheepishly for a second.) ...Unless I forget or I come up with some other thing. Usually the Commander called them "schemes" ...but she took everything way too seriously sometimes. Not that she wasn't a kick-ass lady, she totally was.

(Mark shrugs. He looks a bit apologetic at that reaction.) Sorry, man. I can try to find a place with it and meet you there instead, but to be honest, I'm still really not sure where to go right now.

In my experience, most commanders do just that.

[He might have been a soldier once. Hell, he'd been a commander once, but that life just wasn't for him.]

Are you always so accommodating? Please, I've slummed it in worse.

I only spent any extended amount of time around her, so that's good to know if it ever happens with a different one.

(Also, he might even think something like "challenge accepted" but he's entirely sure he won't ever get to go up again once everything is said and done.)

Not always. (Okay, he is totally aware that sometimes you have to be to get people like Johanssen to even consider venturing into public, and well... it works? If it's working? Everyone's alright or happy? Also, sometimes it's more fun to do something) Next time it's totally going to be 100% what I want to do.

Ha! There's our inherent selfishness. Good sir, I believe you to be at least 80% talk.

[And when someone is that like myself, I can't help but like them a little.]

This won't expect recompense of some kind later, now will it?

I may be 80% talk but you've really only just met me. I might be 70%, I might be 90% - you're definitely assuming a lot about me.

(He should be able to hear Mark's smirk right now.)

If I'm being honest? No, I'm not expecting to be paid back or anything. I don't really care if you do or not.

I've met your type before. 80%. No more, no less.

[He smirks.]

How every kind of you.

80%? I don't think you're giving me enough credit.

(Mark Watney - master of bullshit, at your service.)

Kind? I think you're just reading into things too much. (A slight goofy grin.) I'll settle for cool, thank you very much.

Or too much.

Convenient is also an option.

Wrong. It's definitely not too much.

(Mark raises an eyebrow.)

Harsh. Really harsh.

80% talk and the offering of free drinks? You either want something, or you're looking to be taken advantage of.

Believe what you want there. I'm still going to tell you that you got it wrong.

(A pause then a shrug. Ah well...)

I'm just waiting for a guy, wouldn't mind the company. You know, if that counts as "wanting something" which to most people - it doesn't.

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