"whiskey."

she brushes aside a stray brown hair from her face, glancing at the bar. the barkeep has told someone to get to them soon. the menus were on the side of the booth, but they didn't include the drink menus.

Tallulah didn't feel like eating right away. besides, it was rude. she had come for drinks with LANCE VOLLANS and he said nothing about food. she props her hands on the table, placing a cheek against one palm.

"one of my neighbors back in Paniolo had a brewery. he made the best homegrown stuff. wonder if it got famous enough to sell here."

"it is."

she pauses, glancing as the waitress appears with menus in hand. when LANCE VOLLANS declines them she looks back to him. the other person would take their alcoholic order before walking back to the bar.

"it doesn't have a trial stationed there, so most trainers pass it by fast" she shrugs "but I valued the peace, the quiet... the community." they were all close. they all helped each other out.

"where are you from, Lance?"

she supposed she was thankful for the peace growing up.

but as time went by, Tallulah found all her friends left for bigger things. she always felt out of place, out of touch with her own goals. Hoenn offered something to do. she remained quiet as LANCE VOLLANS remarked on wanting peace - or wanting peace for Hoenn.

she found she could not relate. 

Alola had plenty of quiet and it had bored her. "would you miss it?" Tallulah asked him with a frown, clicking her glass against his own "not the war, but the busy?" she hadn't come to Hoenn for anything but work.

"or would the Rangers simply move to another region that had trouble too..."

"I'm the same."

hard questions or not, Tallulah nods with LANCE VOLLANS 's words. 

"busy is good" she remarks with a shrug "the war's regretful" the woman adds "but I think... no, I know" a pause "I'd just go to the next conflict when Hoenn's dies down."

whenever that would be. "this region has seen a lot of suffering" she says quietly. Kanto is a lost cause but Johto was a shining beacon of hope. of knowing the fight was far from over.

that there was some scraps left to fight over.

LANCE VOLLANS has probably seen more than his share of pain. to look for the good in this suffering... "yeah" Tallulah agrees, raising the slivers of her whiskey to her lips. drinking it down in one go.

"it's nice to be reminded" she says "we're human too." drinks with friends. hanging out after work. she hadn't really thought of it much, but it is nice. she shoots him a fleeting smile.

"here's to drinking our pay away" she chuckles, raising a new glass.

"your squad?"

she fleetingly thinks of Sénon Game ; the Head Ranger had all but taken her under his wing. what was LANCE VOLLANS 's squad like? was it betrayal to think about another position?

"I'll stick to what I have right now, but thank you." she meant it. the fact she was considered was enough for her. Tallulah also was not one to brag.

"I have to see it through" and she had to repay the kindness given to her "at least, right now."