Tayrey grins. 'When you're in deep space most of the time there are... limitations on what you can do with your spare time. Gambling? Very popular. I never got into it heavily, because of the fine I got hit with after I signed up, but I won a lot of kalixtri games.'

She thinks for a moment. 'I'll teach you Sector Standard. It's what I got used to hearing, the whole sector uses it as a trading language, and it won't make you sound like you just stepped out from a Company Tower.'