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Morgan chuckled as the guy continued what appeared to be his incompetent advances. At this rate, he-
Oh, damn it. He reached in a pocket and pulled out a thin, green plastic box - about five inches wide and long, and half an inch deep. Morgan tilted it sideways and rotated it. Finding the row of numbers, he pressed the 4 and the 0, followed by the enter key. The surface of the box drew back its cover, and the lends beneath it distorted into a 40x magnification mirror. He tilted it and saw the minuscule beginning of a hair on his chin. He grimaced and drew a pair of tweezers from his pocket. He carefully lined them up with the hair and drew it out from his skin.

Morgan inspected the hair and released it, letting it fall to the ground. He tapped the enter button on the adjustable mirror twice and the cover slid back into place. He returned the mirror and tweezers to their respective pockets.

Poor b*****d, but he set himself up for that, Morgan thought silently. He glanced at their surroundings and shifted his weight a little. He considered trying to offer some form of conversational escape to the guy, but realized he didn't have any definite idea of how to do so. He concluded that he should stay back for the time being.

"I understand, It must be hard for you, your first time on the base and all." He looked down at her, his expression slightly guarded, he did not want to do anything wrong. "May I please ask your name?" He was trying to be polite now, his mind running though the list of manners he knew, there were not many... "It's totally ok if you don't want to tell me, But remember, if you ever do I'm here." He smiled a little and shifted his gaze back down to his feet. He felt awkward and exposed. He had just been humiliated in front of all the new recruits and he knew that this girl who he had hoped would have become his friends thought ill of him.

Rhiannon looked at Jamie for a second before quickly answering "Rhiannon Bell." She went back to her e-book, and completely ignored Morgan when he asked about cards.

Jamie looked into Morgan's eyes and shook his head. "Umm, no. But I'm not opposed to learning." He smiled at the boy and leaned back on his heels slightly. "Is it fun?" He hoped he was not being tricked or having a prank pulled on him, but this boy seemed nice enough. Maybe he was just trying to keep him from making even more of a fool of himself. He sure hoped so. His bright blue eyes sparkled and un-clasped his hands from behind his back.

Jamie nodded and knelt down, crossing his legs as he sat. He laid put his hand on the cards in front of him and waited for the boy to say 'go'. He was an interesting character, and he had no facial hair at all which was a little bit strange but Jamie was not one to judge. "I like your hair style, it's very flattering." He commented absentmindedly. He had an annoying habit of complementing people when he was at a loose for words. Complements often lead to more conversation and he did not want to seem any more socially awkward than he already was.

Jamie flipped over his cards as well, but a little slower. He placed the two cards over the matches and repeated this action until there were no more matches left, and then he looked up at the boy and awaited instruction. He knew he would lose, but it did not matter, he had made a friend. He shuffled his remaining deck while he waited.

James glanced up at the mention of Star Wars. It had always been his favorite, ever since, well... I suppose it's just one of those things that stayed with me. The boy who had sputtered it out seemed to be in the midst of a fruitless conversation with a somewhat angry looking girl. They quickly broke off their dialogue, however, and the girl returned to her book. She was standing just a few feet from him, and James thought of interjecting, but he thought better of it. He looked back down at his own data pad, which displayed the very odd series of books he'd just started to read on the shuttle ride down, entitled 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' He snorted a bit as he read the opening chapter for the third time. This didn't have much to do with science fiction in his opinion, but jeez was it a riot! He erupted into uncontrollable bouts of sniggering every few moments, ignorant of the fact that he was getting lots of funny looks.