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From: Eris Reddoch 
> 
> > > While this is going on, one of the people at Lysia's table, an
> > > older man, looks at her and says, "Having seen you recently? I
> > > heard you were taking a long vacation on Montrose, Maria."
> >
> >  OOG - Does the name Maria mean anything to me? And what's Montrose
> >  like, have I ever been there?
> 
> OOC: No, Maria means nothing to you, and you've never been to 
> Montrose.  From what you've heard Montrose, it is a significant
> power to coreward of Mark, the center of an expanding empire...or
> Federation, depending on who you talk to and you know that several
> 'fads' have come to Mark from Montrose.
> 
> He leans over and whispers,  "None of my business, but do you 
> think it's safe for you to be seen around here?"

"Well," Lysia says with a smile, "I might have to sign a few autographs but once they figure out I'm not my sister that usually end pretty quickly."

Lysia David