"You don't have to spot me, I've got cash for myself," Mako answered easily enough, before placing his hands in his pockets. His posture said that despite everything, he was at ease, significant around her, since they'd been so guarded recently. This was a change both of them needed, and it made it harder to ignore the feelings he had for her than he thought it would.

It was one of the few times he didn't care, though.

"It's not bad there, you know. I like it-- a lot less fancy and overpriced than anything in the Metal or Fire Sectors. And the people are..." he pauses as he considers how to say this. "... Less noses in the air." Wait. "--Not that I'm saying you or Asami are that, you know, just... uh, you know what I mean."

Well, that was an awkward way to end that sentence.