Corliss notices Shal's condition and waves the bartender over. "I reckon she needs some water, mate."
The bartender looks at Shal, face down on the bar counter, and gets her a glass of water. He sets it next to her head and shrugs, turning back to the register.
"'ey, Shal, drink that okay?" says Corliss, patting her on the shoulder.
Quite suddenly his uniform pocket hollers, "HELLOOOOO?"
He turns and glares down at his pants, scowling and pulling the comm link out. "What is it, Myitt?"
"Are you drunk yet?" his sibling replies loudly, some kind of humming generator noise in the background.
"No," Corliss says irritably. "And the Skimmer's still crap."
"Well I guess you need a real engineer to stop by, once she's done fixing real problems," Myitt cackles through the static.
"When has that ever stopped you from stopping by this wretched place?" Corliss shoots back with a smirk.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll be there eventually."
Corliss lowers his voice and switches to Yeerkish--fewer people would know it than English or Galard. "The situation is resolved?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"Aren't you supposed to sign off with 'May the Kandrona-'"
"No. Bye."
Myitt grins on her end, throwing a bunch of tools into a black metallic compartment and switching back to...well, an Earth language.
"Ciao."
Corliss puts the link away and sighs.