It wasn't so much that Miles had been desperate to get away from his ostensible date that he wanted to gather as much information as he could. And people often revealed things nonchalantly. If he'd learned one thing over the years, people loved talking about themselves. Always useful in his line of work.

He hadn't even gotten close to Valdis before she apparently cottoned on to his approach, and it took him another few seconds to reach the bar and sit down. "How do you do that? Am I loud and stompy or something?"