"Mm. Lemme guess, too expensive," Vod suggested, grimacing. "That sucks. I mean, if things had been different, I could have, uh..." He just remembered, that, well, he shouldn't casually mention his spaceship to random people.

"Y'know. I could've chipped in. But I lost a lot of cash, recently." It was half-assed, at best, but it was something a bit more acceptable than 'I could have used my spaceship to help.'