"Nothing wrong with multiple streams of income," Piper mused with a smile. "Actually, if there was another thing I learned from my classes, most smart business people do," she continued with a teasing tone. It really didn't bother her one way or the other if they were exactly legal or not. "Mal may have hinted at one of your other specialties actually."

She smiled and nodded. "Of course not. You don't want it traced back to you directly, after all." If their conversation was anything to go by, she could see why Mal was absolutely charmed by him.

Piper fell quiet for a minute as she considered how to explain it. "In a letter, actually," she started just before a young woman with long blonde hair walked over and sat herself down at their table.

"Which one of you can help me," she asked, first staring at Piper then at Eames. "And please tell me you can see me because I am over this being a ghost thing. I thought the unlife and ghost thing would be cool but this is decidedly not."