[ it's not like kovacs can be necessarily branded an expert. some people have been here longer than his has, experience with getting their hands on two orbs which instantly doubles what he's taken on since he's been here. but he tends to be a quick learner and considering what he'd personally had to go through to get that second orb, he thinks his word can technically mean something. ]

Word is every place is different but the planet we ended up on wasn't too different from the kind of usual stuff I see — rich assholes scheming for power, desperate manipulation from the top, buncha gangsters playing dirty under the table.

[ it was almost like he never left bay city at all. or harlan's world, for that matter. ]

Best advice I can give is not trusting anyone out there. [ a part of him considers adding even the people on this station, but after his chat with alina, he knows that tends to be a sensitive subject for some. ] Some bitch with an old grudge almost drained my insides just to keep her hands on the orb.