Pepper snorted. "Well, you know how it goes, I ain't gonna be no one's lady love. 'Specially not Wensley's. An' you can't be it 'cause your the Captain, and the Captain can't be fallin' in love with developers 'cause they don't mix right."

She peered around Adam, where a still-sweating figure gleamed in the low light. "What 'bout you, Brian? You wanna be the lady love, so we can skip straight to the keel-haulin'?"