Garibaldi looked across at Rally as the bounty hunter walked up right on time for her normal meeting on Shanti's progress in her community service.
"Not right now, Rally," he said. "We've got a big problem to focus on."
"Is it related to the thing I told you about before?" Rally asked.
"The grenade launcher?" Garibaldi asked. "Please tell me that was a fluke."
"I've been unofficially asked to look into it," she told him.
"Great," Garibaldi said. "I'll alert medlab."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Rally noted irritably.
"I'm guessing that the parties asking you to look into this aren't interested in security looking into it," Garibaldi said.
"Good guess," Rally said.
Garibaldi frowned and nodded as he looked around.
"I'm guessing things will get messy if I have to go asking questions of these parties," Garibaldi said. "And that you're here at your normal time as a sort of underneath an under the table courtesy call."
He thought for a moment.
"Okay, we've got a Free Mars terrorist running around," Garibaldi said. "You have until that's wrapped up to handle this problem. If it's not done by then, I'm moving in."
"I'll have it by then," Rally promised. "And Shanti?"
"No complaints on my end," Garibaldi said. "You?"
"Other than from her?" Rally asked. "Not yet."
"Let's hope that stays that way too," the security chief said. "By the way, how long are you going to ask me to hold that gun of yours?"
"That gun has been in battle for almost three hundred years," Rally said. "I don't want it anywhere near Vivian if I can avoid it. If I need it, I'll tell you."
"In the meantime," Garibaldi noted. "I have one hell of a collector's piece."
"Just remember that it's on lease," Rally warned sharply.
"Don't worry, I like having two hands, eight fingers and two thumbs," Garibaldi noted with a smile and raising up his hands.
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