"..You know I wouldn't think that. It's not just the military that is glad to have you still around. As for that little dig, I'll have you know I'm quite the ace of the Firebirds. I don't know how much of your dad's talent has rubbed off on you, rook."
Kyle looked hesitantly when he saw Susan spill a few drops of wine, she was either getting quite tipsy or was genuinely extremely comfortable, he doubted it was the former.
"The Ace? Hah, kinda hard to believe, don't think you remember when your uncle let you pilot his old Eros on your...10th birthday was it? Even after all that instruction you hit the reverse thrusters instead of the maneuvering ones and crashed into the deck. Not sure how someone that did that becomes an ace"
He laughed as he said it, watching Susan scowl back at him, he continued laughing and caught a waiter's eye, he suggestively took up the empty bottle and shook its last drops in his glass, and almost slammed it on his table, the waiter nodded at him. Kyle turned back to Susie.
"I think it was more of of my dad's mind that rubbed off on me, not his piloting. But then again the only time I saw my old man use a fighter was when he was teaching me how not to die in..when I was 9, so I couldn't really say much about his flying but considering all those medals he has his chest adorned with and the rumors of his past coming from his pilots..I doubt I'm anywhere near as good."
He sloshed around the few drops in his glass, twirling it in his hands.
"But yeah, he rarely let me pilot anything but I've gotta admit he went against regulations quite often in order to have me on his bridge, including whilst in combat..think he wanted me to be that cold, calculating commander, not a hotshot Nyx pilot...can't really say."
The waiter returned with another bottle of Dionysus' Gift and popped it open, filling both Susan's and Kyle's glasses half way, then left the bottle on the table and went off to his business.
They both took their first sips at the same time, he put his glass down and sighed, then looked back up into her eyes.
"So, Susie, what's new with you? Other than being an ace of the famous 49th."
