((Actually, dinosaurs aren't too unusual on this strange little dimensional crossroads. How do you think the Velociraptor burgers got there?
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Corliss stops abruptly, squinting up through the trees.
"Damnit, Myitt, you're going to get yourselves bloody killed," he hisses under his breath.
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Myitt coughs fitfully and brings the smoking ship around, angling it up to follow Salem's.
"Looks like they're going to try and make a break out of atmo," she says, frowning and covering her mouth. "We can't follow them like this, the hull will be compromised. And..." She narrows her eyes at the display. "Yes, they're charging a weapon. There's an energy signal I've never seen before...and...."
She's interrupted by the hail, and answers it impatiently, on broad audio but nothing else.
"Now, now," she says raggedly, clearing her throat. "There's no need to make this any more difficult than it has to be. We want the bounty hunter. Is it worth all this fuss?"