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 "I grant it's unusual, but she really is my protégé. As you can see, she has much to learn," Kukri remarked, but she did so with fondness in her voice, and dared to approach the two that were locked in unpleasant conversation, with the full intention of smoothing whatever hackles were raised back down with what little authority she'd managed to salvage.
+**Concavenator**:
+With a non-committal grunt, the sergeant let Kukri walk toward Giya, following her closely as if she feared escape.
+"... really sick of having to freeze my tail off 'cause you lot can't be bothered to-- ma'am?" The officer stopped in the middle of a tirade as they approached. In fact, she seemed confused by the fact that Kukri was not already in chains. Giya did not speak or move from her spot, but her head imperceptibly swiveled in the mound of her bristling chest to turn an eye onto her friend. Very heavy breaths vapored from her nostrils.
+**pinkgothic**:
+"My apologies, I've been engaged in conversation of my own," Kukri remarked. "So I don't know what's the matter here. Is there something I can help clarify about my protégé?" she asked. The very fact she was calm now, well-spoken and polite would likely help to notch the officer's stress levels down a notch and make some less brash dialogue possible.
+**Concavenator**:
+"This lady claims to be a philosopher", said the sergeant curtly, pointing at both travellers in succession with her muzzle, "and this her 'protégé'. Both are to be in custody until verification". The officer recomposed herself and nodded stiffly. "Yes ma'am. Uh, the suspected smuggler here present is not responding properly to interrogation". She looked at Kukri. "Is she a ward of yours?"
+**pinkgothic**:
+"Giya is my protégé," Kukri reiterated. "And I apologise that we seem to have, by way of my naivité and desire to get back to Grikaa as soon as possible, gotten entangled in all of this. As the sergeant has said, we are in your custody for now, and that is well and good. You will find the papers are in order, but it is understandably your duty to check. We will give you no trouble, but I believe there really isn't anything we can tell you that I haven't already told the sergeant." There was a distinct tiredness to her voice - between the damage to her body from the crash and her limp, her body was taking its toll. "That said, I'm happy to try. What questions were you asking?"
+**Concavenator**:
+"Hm. What business she had with the vessel, what was she carrying, what was she planning to do with the contraband, who was she travelling with, and where her paperwork was. She refuses to speak clearly. We can get a statement from you instead, if you accept to be accountable for her conduct".
+**pinkgothic**:
+Kukri nodded amicably. As much as it was wearing her down, she would never hold ill will to people who were trying to solve a crime, regardless how embarrassing it was that she had landed in its periphery, and so she volunteered the answers she could: "The business with the vessel was the same as mine - we needed transportation to Grikaa, as we cannot very well walk there on foot, especially since I've hurt one of mine." It was said in a good-natured tone, not in one of complaint. "She was carrying very little, on account of previously possessing almost nothing of note. You see her now as she is and what she has. I initially gave her some payment to assist me with research back in Yakak'ratu, but she went above and beyond her duties and so I have promised her apprenticeship as well," Kukri smiled to Giya. "And from all that you can infer she was travelling with me... and that she is still a little new to polite society."