[Laugh all you want Rei-- the situation really is funny, even though he's being serious about it.]

Yeah, right? [He chuckled wryly.] I never had this kinda problem back home-- what, with politics being what they are and people being who they are. But...well, it ain't like I can just go and start Quark up here, and I'm getting tired of waiting for an opening to actually do something. Vacation's nice, but it's not gonna help if we get drafted again, yanno?