E-120-Lia: Zarg’s World Highport, Gritzy’s

They chat a little more and, desserts and drinks finished, Martell pays the bill.  There may or may not be additional drinks or dancing, at Lia’s discretion.

He leads her outside back to the Travel Pod and punches in an address.

The vehicle drops zooms along the surface, giving them a good view of Zarg’s World hanging in space amid the stars before descending below the surface for some depth before them off in a featureless Pod Station of slightly rust-scored metal and concrete.  

Martell leads Lia along one of two exits from the station, a dimly corridor wide enough for vehicular traffic with a central strip partitioned off with metal railings and tyre marks on its surface, a pedestrian walkway either side.  There are very few people around, away down the other exit a trio of figures are moving toward the travel station.  Many meters ahead, a lone figure is moving away with the stagger of the inebriated.  

The air here is unusually damp and cold.