A small run down town at the base of the Wytoka Mountains.  Very little to do or see, just a small main street and a few homes located outside.  Paul Lascer's home is one of these.

Kyoko settles the shuttle down in the coordinates she was given, flaring the ship enough to dust off the location. She powered the shuttle down into idle and stepped out of the hatch as it irised open.

Dressed in a silk sarong of black with gold threading she looked around to ensure that she hadn't damaged the shuttle, as she waited for her client.

Paul was dressed in his nicest shirt ... which wasn't all that nice, but it was the best he had.  He had considered fixing his hair but figures, what the hell.  He wasn't some pretty boy.  If that was a turn off to this lady then it was probably for the best that she knew now what she was getting into ... vaguely Paul wondered whether he should be worried about what he was getting into.

He heard the shuttle touch down before he actually saw it.  Stepping out of his small house he saw the companion silhoutted in the light of her shuttle.  Kinda like an angel in the dark. he mused before walking forward.  He had a basket in his hand containing a meal for the two of them.  Paul actually prided himself on his cooking skills so that was one thing he was not worried about being up to par with.

"Miss Monroe." he said, inclining his head, "It's a pleasure."

Kyoko smiled as she approached and offered her hand to the clearly nervous Pual Lacser. "Just Kyoko, Paul." she says with a gentle smile as she leads him into the shuttle. "I thought, we'd try dinner someplace.. unique." She says as she motions for him to take a seat in the copilot station as she goes though her preflight check list.

"Kyoko - right." he took the seat beside her, setting the basket with food down on the floor of the shuttle.  "So, someplace unique?  I don't know whether to be scared or intrigued ... I suppose the fact that you've raised any emotion in me is a gem all in itself though..." he said, watching her as she worked.

"Believe me, it's a view that is most assuredly out of this world." Kyoko says as she pulls up on the yoke and the shuttle rises into the sky.

Minutes later she has the craft in place, tapping in commands as she settles on the orbit, waiting for the sun to barely crest the curve of the planet below before hitting the command and sitting back. The ship's thrusters shudder under the command and the shuttle keeps it's course, holding station just on the edge of a sunrise. Kyoko lowers the glare sheild to take the edge off the brilliance but the view is still specatular.

"So, if we go by the time of our position it would be breakfast we're having." she says with a smile as she points to the view. "Not that it will change anytime soon, we're in synch with the planet's rotation."

Paul smiled and it was probably one of the first genuine smiles he had had in a long time.  The sight was literally breath taking.  He just sat there, staring out at the horizon for a good long while before finally letting out his breath, "That is quite something there." he said, he glanced over at Kyoko and suddenly realized who he was with and felt slightly out of place, "Um, dinner.  I brought it ... you want some?"

Kyoko smiles as she lets him savor the view. "I find when you feel things are unchanging and .. dull that it merely means you need to see them from another angle." she pulls out a sheet and spreads it so they can see out of the cockpit from where they are eating. "And yes, Paul, I would definitely like some dinner."

Paul grinned at her, "Okay, one thing I can do is cook.  So I expect you to like this ... an' if you don't, well, you should probably pretend to.  Might hurt my feelings." he said with amile.

He pulled out the pasta he had made, his own sauce with rich tomato and seasonings, home-made bread, and a salad with a light vinegrette.  He'd also brought some wine.  He began serving up the meal and then waited for Kyoko to take the first bite.

Kyoko smiles as she takes a bit, smiling broader as she does so. "Pretty good, you sir.." she waves her fork at him. "need to see the value in Paul Lascer more." she finishes as she continues.

Paul gave her a relieved smile and winked.  "Well, miss, you see... the problem is, I've been cooped up wtih Paul Lacser for probably a bit to long to appreciate him...

He smiled as he poured them both some wine and filled his own plate.  He tried not to think how pathetic it was that he had paid her to come here and eat his cooking.

Kyoko sighs and leans over, kissing him lightly before sitting back. "No more doubts Paul. I chose to be with you over my other choices, because you needed me. I see a strong, vital skilled man, who has let self doubt cloud his self image." she sips her wine and eats a moment before continuing. "Did you see the charge I put to your account Paul?"

Paul gave Kyoko a wry smile.  "Well thank you Miss, but I still think that if you spent more time with my, you'd see how annoying I can be... Trust me.. I've had to live with me far too long..."

He watched her as she ate and was awed by her grace and bueaty, but even more by her comfort with herself.

When she asked about the charge he shook his head.  "No, to be honest I was afraid to..." he admitted, but at her prompt he checked and then just stood there, in shock.

He looked at her and then shook his head in confusion.  ".... but..."

"You're paying for the flight fuel, nothing more." She says as she gets up and slips behind him, her hands easing off his jacket as she starts to rub the tension in his back and neck. "I'll be a bit honest with you. I am well off. Enough so that I could easily buy off my contract with the guild. I'm out here.. on the rim because I enjoy helping poeple. And you, Paul Lascer, need to see that you're that bad a person." She whispers in his ear as she rubs his next till the tension melts off of that. "Companions are more than lovers of convience, you know that. We try to give people what they need. Itimicay is part of that, but not all."