Already half turned away from the table Harry paused. "Automated defenses?" He asked, intrigued. There were only a few places he knew of where those things were still operating after all these years and all of them were well worth the trip, if you could crack them.
Lowering his pack to the floor Harry leant over the table as he looked into the stranger's eyes. He'd heard some people say you could tell whether someone was lying to you or not by looking into their eyes when they spoke, but he'd found looming over them with a glaring cybernetic eye loosened more tongues that blind faith. With his eyepiece whirring and clicking he quickly scanned the man, his readout picking out the wristcomp, shield generator and interesting bauble hanging round his neck.
"I'll tell you what," He began, trying to sound offhand and disinterested, "I'll join your party and I'll even let you have the power cells for now. In exchange I want first claim on any off the automated defenses that we encounter, and you'll hand me that necklace of yours for insurance. If it turns out we don't find anything worthwhile then I keep the necklace and you pay me my 200, if we hit paydirt then you get the bauble back and we call it quits.
"Of course, if you happen to not survive the trip, then I'll keep the keepsake, obviously." He finished with a friendly grin.
