"Oh! Thank you!"

"I um. Do sleep with another person sometimes, but not that often."

"Cool, are they going to be irritated about the arrangement or is it not like that?"

"Not like that - she's a close friend who sleeps with a lot of people in addition to her wife... Probably she'll want to sleep with you if you're interested in woman, I'm pretty sure."

"I'm straight but thanks for the referral."

Nod.

"She'll have to find a different alien to sleep with then."

"...are there more."

"Not that I've heard of, but I imagine she'll be very determined to find some."

"I'd like to hear about it if she succeeds."

"Well, she's never one for keeping quiet any things so I wouldn't be worried."

"What's her name?"

"Lia."

"Pretty."

"She's the city's most accomplished ranger."

"What's a ranger?"

"Someone who does tasks away from the city itself, basically? She'll help guide caravans, deliver messages, rescue people who got lost. That sort of thing." 

"Gotcha. Sucks that that's a... thing, but I'm glad she's good at it."

Nod nod.

"Nothing similar back where you came from?"

"There's... professional security. There's police who try to resolve missing persons cases. Messages are generally not couriered in person."

"Police?"

"Police are people who do the legwork involved in enforcing the law."

"Oh, is that an entire job?" 

"In a real city, yes. On Amenta even a town this size would have a few."

"Huh - what sort of things are common crimes?"

"Theft, fraud, assault?"