For the first time in forever, you have been persuaded to take some shore leave. Dropped off in a seaside city on the southern continent of the temperate planet Agarben 4, you wandered aimlessly into a bar. It was early evening local time and you were waiting to order a drink when someone tapped you on the shoulder. The last person you thought you would ever see again.

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