Around a week later they both meet up again in the evening. They stand together at a dock balcony aiming pebbles out into the starry night (kind of random I know but the image is just so clear in my mind.) They start to talk about their past's, which turns out to have been difficult for the both of them.
"I grew up on the moon of Lunsta" explains Grace throwing a pebble out into mid air.
"The moon of Lunsta, wow must've been nice" replies Jim amazed that Grace had come from such a beautiful place and yet ended up working here.
"Well I suppose it was at first, but then you see when I was ten years old my mother was killed in a work accident."
Jim stops as he is about to throw a pebble and looks at Grace. Bad enough his father leaving him, Grace's mother was killed.
Grace doesn't look at him just carries on talking "And then my father couldn't believe she was gone, and he didn't want to live without her so he killed himself."
"He did what?" Jim blurts out.
"He took his own life" says Grace slamming her hands down on the rail.
"Oh Grace I'm so sorry"
"I don't want any pity" she told him looking up sharply "It's your turn" she says nodding at the pebble pressed between his fingers.
Jim leans back a hurls the pebble forward, Grace immediately does the same and carries on talking.
"Anyway so then I moved to live with my grandma and this where I learnt to solar surf and all that, but she died of pure old age when I was 15 and I guess I'd just had enough of it all. I tried to make a living on Lunsta at first but after I while moved off and I've been moving around ever since"
"It must have been hard for you."
"It has been but then that's life Jim. I still cling to my dreams; I hope that one day I will find a future."
Grace reminds Jim of his former self and wants to say something to her but he is not sure what. After a moments silence Grace asks for his story and he explains about mother and the Benbow Inn, about his father leaving, how he always got into trouble and how it was purely by chance that he found the map to Treasure Planet.
"Well it sounds as if you've had a very full life Jim."
"Yeah I suppose so but I ain't over yet."
They chuck pebbles in silence before Grace speaks again.
"I should tell you that my jobs done."
"Really, so where I you gonna be working now?"
"I have no idea. I'll look around see if I can find someplace and hopefully I won't have to move on."
Jim looks down and thinks, he doesn't want Grace to go so how can he ensure that they'll see each other. Then he has an idea.
"You know you could always try Montressor, its quieter there, might be nice for you." Jim tells her trying to be subtle about the whole thing.
"Montressor" says Grace "it sounds nice"
"Yeah, great for solar surfing" (dam it Jim how obvious was that? She is looking for a job!) "And it's pretty easy to find work and a place to live."
"Well I might try there then, would make a nice change from this place."
Grace aims a pebble but before she throws she glances round and says "Hey, Jim, to Montressor."
"To Montressor" he replies lifting his own pebble.
Grace hurls the pebble into the night and they both watch it tumble through the endless sky.