"Some of it. Sometimes the cops try to shut us down so we have to be ready to bug out and lay low for a while, then I spend my time in other places." Which would explain the lack of permanent fixtures. She didn't need much to make it lucrative, though. "I got a real sense of community here, why would I spend my time anywhere else?"

Okay, not entirely true. She did feel more accepted here than in Freelancer, but she didn't trust it. It went as far as her fighting capabilities and determination to keep it running and out of the cop's hands. If she failed she'd be out on the street in pretty quick order. Sure, she'd lost a fight here and there, but she'd never been annihilated. Not yet.

"You come out here to find me, or to have a good time?"