The man looks thoughtful for a second, tapping the laspistol on his hip for reassurance before looking Ethel straight in the eye and answering. "Sure, I know the guy. Know where he went, if not what happened--but if you want to find out, you'll have to do something for me."

Gesturing rather dramatically, he points off in the direction of one of the tunnels, "Down that way you'll find what used to be a void ship's crew, who've taken to arms dealing and the like. Might even have some xenotech, though I know they have, or had, a few archeotech pieces. They took some documents of mine, and I rather want them back. Get me the papers, [i]then[/i] we'll talk about"

He doesn't seem to be lying about Pontius or the arms traders--from what you all can tall, he [i]does[/i] simply want some documentation off of the ex-spacefarers.