"Oh, God," she replied, laughing wryly as she remembered the last shore leave. "Let's not have a repeat of that." It amused her endlessly that of the three of them, Pavel was by far the most likely to get into a fight.

"Drink!" was her initial answer to Pavel's question, but then she laughed and added, "And visit the crystal caves on the North Peninsula, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow."