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Jarrod smiled as the robed man pointed to ARI and asked where had gotten her. Jarrod glanced over at ARI for a moment before turning back to the strange man.

"ARI? I got here from a market on Cryo believe it or not. The salesman had no idea that he was in possession of an AI so I got her for a bargain", Jarrod said.

The strange man then said he had never heard of the Aschen which caught him by surprise and then stated that he should visit them and that it's been a millennia since he had wiped a race from existence.

"Huh...now don't get my hopes up stranger.....The Aschen erased from existence....my luck will never be that good", Jarrod said with a laugh.

There was a moment of silence before the man said that Jarrod had amused him enough and then snapped his fingers. Suddenly Jarrod found himself along with ARI and his ship just a few meters from the nearest town. Jarrod was relieved his ship was still cloaked and with a press of a button on his watch it silently flew back into desert just outside of the settlement.

"Jarrod I do not understand. How was that man able to move us here so easily? I calculated it and such a thing should not have been possible", ARI said.

"Neat trick.....it doesn't matter ARI let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.....we made it to the settlement and we didn't have to drudge through the desert....quite frankly I don't care how he did it I'm just glad he did", Jarrod said.

Jarrod then began walking into the settlement and almost instantly he was getting stares from the people of the settlement. Jarrod didn't pay them much attention as he was solely focused on his destination. Jarrod smiled as his eyes landed on a bar. It looked like a run down shack, but most buildings in Blackrock did so it wasn't unexpected.

"Jarrod? Why are we going to a bar? I thought we were looking for work and a place to lie low", ARI said.

"A bar is the best place to get information ARI....and a few beers couldn't hurt either", Jarrod said with a smile as he pushed through the door to the bar.