Then you can help me with this mission! [To... eat hamburgers. Whatever. Surely people who are drafted into performing an essence ritual count, so the more the merrier (and if Pai's appetite is anything like her brother's, then she will likely require several people's worth of food).] I will pay. Maybe it will help to make up for all of the times that your brother has fed me.

[And he could be in far worse company. Pai no longer seems inclined to hurt anyone and, while it might be an act, it's convincing enough for Chekov to pretend that she probably isn't just as bad as Hei (who is kind of terrible; Pavel will admit this even if he fails to act on it). Being around someone younger than him is refreshing, too. It doesn't happen often, even in the City.

He veers off of the sidewalk and holds the door to an unremarkable fast food joint open for Pai.]