[Steven doesn't always go down into the lower levels of the Rocket base. He can accept why it makes sense for them to keep everything important underground. But some days it's just-- a little much for him to be inside a secret underground facility again, even if it's much better lit than El Pecador's wrestling stable had ever been.
And some days, he goes down anyway, because there's paperwork he has to file or people he needs to talk to or he's just interested in a work-out and there's more varied exercise equipment at the Rocket gym than there is at his own home. And he's trying to keep more or less cordial relationship with the various permanent staff members, anyway, because even if they don't mean anything to him, it's just good sense and good practice for his social skills too. Which means that every so often, he pops into the cafeteria just to see who's there.
He has a brief conversation with a server about her mother's Skitty--getting older, it's truly amazing that it never evolved into Delcatty--before she mentions that older guy in the corner just showed up today.
("Well then," he says. "I ought to go welcome him then. Please give my regards to your mother.")
So it is that Garak's about halfway through his tea when he'll hear the sound of a man approaching his table. If he looks up, he'll see that the man is tall, dark, and what a human would consider to be handsome. He's broad as well, although he holds himself to downplay his size, lightly bearded, and there's a pair of wire-rim spectacles perched on his nose.]
Hello, [the man says.] I heard you're new. So was I, not too long ago.
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And some days, he goes down anyway, because there's paperwork he has to file or people he needs to talk to or he's just interested in a work-out and there's more varied exercise equipment at the Rocket gym than there is at his own home. And he's trying to keep more or less cordial relationship with the various permanent staff members, anyway, because even if they don't mean anything to him, it's just good sense and good practice for his social skills too. Which means that every so often, he pops into the cafeteria just to see who's there.
He has a brief conversation with a server about her mother's Skitty--getting older, it's truly amazing that it never evolved into Delcatty--before she mentions that older guy in the corner just showed up today.
("Well then," he says. "I ought to go welcome him then. Please give my regards to your mother.")
So it is that Garak's about halfway through his tea when he'll hear the sound of a man approaching his table. If he looks up, he'll see that the man is tall, dark, and what a human would consider to be handsome. He's broad as well, although he holds himself to downplay his size, lightly bearded, and there's a pair of wire-rim spectacles perched on his nose.]
Hello, [the man says.] I heard you're new. So was I, not too long ago.